Stories of rock and roll’s demise have been significantly exaggerated, and Philip Sayce goals to maintain it that manner. On his new album Spirit Rising – scheduled for launch on April 24 by way of Warner Music Canada – Sayce boldly lets his freak flag fly, reaffirming his standing as probably the greatest electrical guitarists on the planet proper now, but in addition demonstrating that he’s received quite a bit to say.

These concepts have been constructing for some time now, as Spirit Rising marks Sayce’s first studio effort since 2015’s Affect, an album that discovered he and famed producer Dave Cobb brilliantly refurbishing a variety of obscure rock nuggets. With Affect bringing Sayce to the eye of many new listeners, Spirit Rising exhibits the total breadth of his skills, and the way a lot they’ve advanced.

Followers who need to hear Sayce’s blazing fretwork will definitely discover a ton of it on Spirit Rising. That facet of Sayce’s musical id is, in any case, how he constructed his popularity beginning in his adopted hometown of Toronto, the place the legendary Jeff Healey took him below his wing within the late 1990s. After touring the world as a member of Healey’s band, Sayce relocated to Los Angeles the place he landed a 4-12 months gig with Melissa Etheridge, earlier than formally launching an impartial solo profession in 2009 with the album Peace Machine. Sayce’s subsequent albums firmly established a rabid fan base in Europe, the place he toured with the likes of ZZ Prime and Deep Purple. All of this ultimately received the eye of Warner Music Canada in 2015, resulting in the discharge of Affect.

The inspiration of all of it is Sayce’s guitar taking part in, and in contrast to some doomsayers bemoaning the diminished position of lead guitar in mainstream rock, he believes a return to that former glory is imminent due largely to YouTube and different digital media. “There’s a sea of younger gamers developing proper now who’ve limitless entry to study strategies that took folks of my technology years of looking out and trial and error to determine,” Sayce says.

“I feel all of it is dependent upon the place you look. We’re simply on the tip of the iceberg with folks like Rival Sons, Gary Clark Jr. and Greta Van Fleet now getting mainstream consideration, and whenever you go to their exhibits, they’re at all times packed. I really feel prefer it’s a very nice time to be making rock and roots music, and my hope is that this new album will enchantment to these followers, each outdated and new.”

It’s typically been stated that it takes a few years to turn out to be an in a single day sensation, and in lots of respects that’s the trajectory Philip Sayce has been on. Listening to Spirit Rising, the expertise he has amassed up to now is plain. But, there may be additionally an unmistakable drive to interrupt new floor. With artists like Philip Sayce, the way forward for rock and roll is in secure palms.

Tracklisting:

“Warning Shot”

“Suits Me Good”

“Black Curler Coming”

“She’s The Music” 

“As soon as”

“Wild”

“Give Me Time”

“Oh My”

“Burning Out”

“One Foot On The Gravel”

“Terrible Goals”

“Spirit”

“5:55”

“Suits Me Good” lyric video:

“Black Curler Coming” lyric video:

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