DARKFIGHTER

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On February 27, 2018, it was officially announced that Rival Sons had signed on with Low Country Sound an imprint of Elektra run by Dave Cobb. [27] In 2006 Holiday came across Buchanan while searching on MySpace for a singer. Drummer Michael Miley had previously worked with Buchanan (as well as having been in Veruca Salt and the Carson Daly TV show band) and he had met bassist Robin Everhart playing at a benefit concert at Isaac Hayes house for Hurricane Katrina in Long Beach. The union of Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart and Miley led to the formation of Rival Sons. Storm Thorgerson, who had worked with bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis, created the cover art for the album voluntarily. [12] [13] Thorgerson liked Rival Sons, saying about the cover art:

EARACHE NEWS: RIVAL SONS CONFIRM JANUARY 2012 U.S. TOUR WITH EVANESCENCE". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. December 15, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Darkfighter is a beautiful if not disturbed release but this instantly goes to the top of the Rival Sons catalouge. I don't think you can be certain what's going on here. To me it's a picture about fear or concern. Here's someone about to descend and doesn't know what they'll face, or where this might lead. So, in his mind he's imagining the action. That's what you see, into his mind, as he focuses on what's about to happen. Rival Sons are often compared to sounds of the 1970s yet they cite Prince, D'Angelo and The Roots as influences alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. [40] Jay has listed artists from Joni Mitchell to Sly and the Family Stone amongst his influences, often stating Van Morrison as one of his heroes. "I can't overstate his influence on me as a writer and vocalist" – Louder Sound. [41] Darkfighteris the seventh studio album by Rival Sons and was released on June 2, 2023. Comes on clear vinyl.Earache News: Rival Sons Reveal 'Pressure & Time' Album Cover". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. April 21, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Rival Sons played at Gene Simmons' "Aces & Angels" Super Bowl party on February 2, 2011, [6] before making their European debut appearance at Camden Barfly on February 12, 2011, for the HMV Next Big Thing. The band Vintage Trouble supported their act and the show sold out in advance, [7] which started a nearly unbroken string of European sell-out shows. [8] In March 2011 a string of shows at Canadian Music Week, SXSW and the House of Blues was announced. [9] Top Albums (Week 43, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 30, 2023. Rival Sons is: Jay Buchanan (vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar), Scott Holiday (lead guitar), Mike Miley (drums), and Dave Beste (bass). Rival Sons recording process changed for their major label debut Feral Roots, for the first time writing and recording over a process of months. Jay Buchanan stated that "You need to shift and constantly find new soil" within the creative process, taking eight months to write and record the Grammy nominated album instead of all their previous work which took less than six weeks. [39] Style and influences [ edit ]

Rival Sons' last UK tour took place in June and July 2022. Rival Sons The DARKFIGHTER Tour UK dates: The 10-legged fuzz beasts then call at NX Newcastle, Glasgow’s Barrowlands, O2 Academy Birmingham, Manchester Academy, Cambridge Corn Exchange, O2 Academy Bristol and O2 Guildhall Southampton. Judas Priest / Queensryche / Rival Sons Live | Features | Clash Magazine". Clashmusic.com. July 16, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016.Earache News: Rival Sons Announce Dates At Canadian Music Week, Sxsw And The House Of Blues". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. March 4, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. So 2023s first of two albums from Rival Sons has dropped and this is a monster and a brilliant follow up to the amazing Feral Roots. Four years after that breakthrough, they return with Darkfighter, the first of two albums set to be released this year ( Lightbringer is the other). With their momentum from the last record and the extra time for this one, expectations for Rival Sons are high. Rapture, below, was the first single released and has a film directed by Kurt Kubicek. “It’s been a great time writing and producing these videos along with great directors and crew,” Jay Buchanan said. “With video production, we’re really at that sweet spot where we don’t know the rules, so we’re not afraid of breaking them. We’ll see where it goes from here.”

Earache News: Rival Sons Self-Titled Ep Out Now On Itunes". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. January 10, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. In 2021, Rival Sons celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album, Pressure and Time, by performing the landmark long player live in its entirety on the Pressure and Time Tour for the first time. They also lit up Southern California with a two-night livestream event, Rival Sons – “PAIR OF ACES” – Live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island. They performed their debut LP, Before the Fire [2009], in its entirety on the first night and their self-titled EP, Rival Sons [2010], on the second. Rival Sons Vocalist Says Band's Writing Process Is 'Just Like Farming': 'You Need To Shift And Constantly Find New Soil' ". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. November 23, 2018. Wargasm's Venom: a fun as hell, genre-splicing, relentlessly entertaining ride, and one of 2023's essential debut albums Unless otherwise stated, all content, including photography, is owned and managed by MetalTalk and must not be used elsewhere without written permission.This and follow up album are all about light and shade, differences that were being forced on us by others and “Bird in the Hand” ties this all together in the Rival Sons 70s showcase. Lyrically you can feel the oppression and difficulties we all went through during that period. Earache News: Rival Sons Sell Out Debut Uk Show In Advance". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. February 11, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016.