Rival Sons kündigen neues Album " LIGHTBRINGER "
an
Das Pendant zu " DARKFIGHTER " erscheint am 20.
Oktober
Nach Regen kommt Sonne, auf Nacht folgt Tag - und
wer erfolgreich die Dunkelheit bekämpft hat, bringt das
Licht: Gut zwei Monate nach dem Album "
DARKFIGHTER ", das in die deutschen Top 20 kam,
haben Rival Sons mit " LIGTHBRINGER " ihre zweite
LP des Jahres 2023 für den 20. Oktober angekündigt.
Wie der Titel schon suggeriert, handelt es sich dabei um
ein Schwesteralbum des Vorgängers.
Über " LIGHTBRINGER " sagt Scott Holiday, Gitarrist
der zweifach Grammy-nominierten Band aus Kalifornien: "
Wenn man zwei Alben direkt hintereinander macht, gibt
es viele Dinge zu bedenken. Die erste Platte muss genug
Schlagkraft und haben und einen inhaltlich so abholen,
dass man mit dem zweiten Teil einen noch größeren
Aufschlag machen kann."
" DARKFIGHTER " und " LIGHTBRINGER" entstanden
als Teil derselben Sessions im Verlauf des Jahres 2021.
An ihrer Seite einmal mehr: Ihr angestammter
Kreativpartner und langjährige Producer Dave Cobb. Als "
DARKFIGHTER " Anfang Juni erschien, waren sich die
Kritiker:innen in ihrem Lob einig: " DARKFIGHTER hat
das Zeug zu Rival Sons? Meisterwerk", jubelte Classic
Rock, und das GLIDE Magazine schwärmte: "
DARKFIGHTER ist ein sehniges Hardrock-Album, das alle
Stärken von Rival Sons zu einem kurzen Angriff
verdichtet."

2x GRAMMY-nominated band Rival Sons have announced the release of their much-anticipated new album, LIGHTBRINGER, on October 20th. It notably marks the group’s second full-length offering to be unveiled in 2023, following June’s critically acclaimed companion album DARKFIGHTER. Today, LIGHTBRINGER is available for pre-order / pre-save August 18th. The pre-order includes two vinyl variants - Fruit Punch and Lemonade - as well as a CD version.

About LIGHTBRINGER, guitarist Scott Holiday said, “When you do two albums back-to-back like this, there are a lot of things to think about. The first record has to pack enough of a punch and tell enough of a story for the second half to have an even bigger impact. We balanced them out with energy and meaning, but the follow-up always needed to deliver a bigger blow. I think LIGHTBRINGER provides this.”



Vocalist Jay Buchanan added, “DARKFIGHTER is a new Rival Sons, and LIGHTBRINGER is the clear definition of what we are now. We broke ground on DARKFIGHTER, but LIGHTBRINGER is a step beyond the personal innovation and exploration. It goes a little further. We really took everything into our own hands and pushed to see how far we could go. It was a self-exploration to see who we were and who we’ll be now. We had more friction and compromise than ever, because we isolated the bare essence of where we needed to go—and then we went there.”

The band set the stage for LIGHTBRINGER with a rollicking, roaring, and righteous new single entitled “Sweet Life” – available on all streaming platforms now. From the jump, a frenetic drumbeat gives way to a rip-roaring riff. Meanwhile, Jay’s bluesy wail bounces between a cathartic hook and boogie-down groove as he bemoans, “I’ve got to shake, shake, shake the bad rhythm for good,” shimmying in lockstep with the guitar.

Regarding “Sweet Life,” Jay promised, “It’s the most old-school Rival Sons song on either of these two records. It has all of the early elements of what Rival Sons is and was. It was born out of my love mid-sixties rock like The Animals, The Kinks, and the bands I was raised on. It’s a bit of a break from all of the heavy subject matter too; it’s a barnburner.”

Rival Sons crafted DARKFIGHTER and LIGHTBRINGER during the same sessions over the course of 2021. Once again, they recorded with creative confidant and longtime producer Dave Cobb behind the board. The band initially dropped DARKFIGHTER to unanimous tastemaker praise earlier this summer. Classic Rock attested, “DARKFIGHTER might just be Rival Sons’ masterpiece,” and GLIDE Magazine enthused, “DARKFIGHTER is a lean hard rock album that condenses what Rival Sons does well into a brief attack.” At the same time, they have piled up millions of streams across the likes of “Nobody Wants To Die,” “Bird in the Hand,” “Rapture,” and more.

Right now, Rival Sons are on the road with The Smashing Pumpkins and will be touring through the end of 2023 with select U.S. headline shows and festival appearances. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.

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.