STEVE HACKETT: "Love Song To A Vampire" Video Released
April 9, 2015
Music pioneer Steve Hackett has returned with his new solo album Wolflight which is out now worldwide, and now he is extremely pleased to reveal the video for the track 'Love Song To A Vampire' which you can view here:
Steve had this to say:
"The 'Love Song to a Vampire' video was directed by Paul Gosling whose filming I was impressed by. Most of the film was shot in the historic and atmospheric city of Leicester. Paul was keen to highlight the combination of Gothic imagery with theportrayal of an abusive relationship implicit in the song. We discussed the ideas together! The transformation from the glamour that lures the victim to the final destructive hold.
Steve Hackett"
You can also view the video for the title track of 'Wolflight' here:
The first chart positions for 'Wolflight' are in, and Steve has achieved his 8thtop 40 album in the UK where it reached number 31.
'Wolflight' has been receiving brilliant reactions, with Record Collector calling it "one of his very best" and Prog Magazine stating that "there's a real sense that he's got carte blanche to go wherever he pleases on this record".
From a plaintive wolf cry to Steve embracing real wolves exploring dark caverns, ancient ruins and tropical lagoons, primal energy is at the root of this album as a springboard to an exotic and exciting adventure.
The album is available on the following formats:
Special edition CD+Blu-ray Mediabook incl. 5.1 mix, interviews & two bonus tracks
Standard CD jewelcase
2LP Gatefold vinyl
Digital download
Wolflight is Steve's first original solo studio album since Beyond The Shrouded Horizon in 2011. Primal and orchestral, it retains the Hackett trademark as electric guitar runs right the way through with a regular sprinkling of acoustic. The conceptbehind it is a new unexplored chapter in the guitarist's career.
The ten tracks take the listener through a journey in space and time looking at the different faces of the endless fight for freedom. Wandering between parallel universes, Hackett explores contemporary and ancient cultures, from Greece (CorycianFire) to the Far East (Wolflight), the USA and Martin Luther King (Black Thunder), but also his very own childhood memories (The Wheel's Turning) and the unresolved drama of domestic violence (Love Song to a Vampire).
An excited Steve Hackett tells us more about the record: "My new rock album Wolflight is at the ready and lying in wait. It reflects everybody's struggle for freedom on a journey travelling through both inner and outer space. It explores sounds fromas far afield as Greece, Azerbaijan, the deep American South, Sahara desert and beyond, from all our yesterdays, evoking the ancient past".
Steve Hackett's electric guitar plays a powerful role, whilst we also hear him on acoustic guitar, Arabian lute and twelve string, along with his strong lead vocals. Guest Musicians include long time collaborators Roger King (Keyboards &programming), Gary O'Toole (drums), Rob Townsend (sax, duduk), Nick Beggs (bass & stick) and Amanda Lehmann (harmony vocals). Malik Mansurov on tar and Sara Kovaks on didgeridoo add an extra exotic element, plus YES bassist ChrisSquire plays on Love Song to a Vampire and Hugo Dagenhardt plays drums on Dust and Dreams. The innovative song writing team includes Steve Hackett, his wife Jo Hackett and also Roger King.
The track-listing for the album is as follows:
1. Out of the Body
2. Wolflight
3. Love Song to a Vampire
4. The Wheel's Turning
5. Corycian Fire
6. Earthshine
7. Loving Sea
8. Black Thunder
9. Dust and Dreams
10. Heart Song
Steve will embark upon his Acolyte To Wolflight with Genesis Revisited Tour in October 2015, with 19 UK shows. Hackett states: "I'm excited to embrace Genesis Revisited once more on my tour whilst also celebrating 40 years of Voyage of theAcolyte, playing several Hackett favourites and introducing my new Wolflight album."
Dates are as follows:
6 October - GLive, Guildford, UK
7 October - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
9 October - Derngate, Northampton, UK
10 October - St David's Hall, Cardiff, UK
11 October - O2 Guildhall, Southampton, UK
13 October - The Anvil, Basingstoke, UK
14 October - Barbican, York, UK
16 October - Music Hall, Aberdeen, UK
17 October - The Sage, Gateshead, UK
18 October - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
20 October - Town Hall, Leeds, UK
21 October - Venue Cymru, Llandudno, UK
23 October - Philharmonic, Liverpool, UK
24 October - de Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK
25 October - The Lowry, Salford, UK
27 October - Regent Theatre, Ipswich, UK
28 October - Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
30 October - Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
31 October - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, UK
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