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Napalm Records
Myles Kennedyâs new solo album
The Ides of March is being released in May, but it does reflect perhaps the most impactful March in recent history: March 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the
Alter Bridge frontman tells ABC Audio, he wrote
The Ides of March between March and July of last year, and he sees the record as a âsnapshotâ of those early months of the pandemic.
âNow, when I listen to some of these songs, you can really sense how much we didnât understand or we didnât know what was coming,â Kennedy muses.
Napalm RecordsMyles Kennedy's new solo album The Ides of March is being released in May, but it does reflect perhaps the most impactful March in recen.
No delusions of grandeur: Myles Kennedy
Myles Kennedy refuses to call himself a rock star. “I’ve always felt like I’m just a songwriter and a damn lucky musician,” claims the 54-year-old singer and guitarist. “I don’t have any delusions of grandeur. I think of rock stars as Chuck Berry and Steven Tyler; there’s an element there that I don’t think is naturally in my DNA.”
However, his CV disagrees. Since 2003, Kennedy has fronted Alter Bridge: a melodic metal institution who’ve cracked the UK Top 10 and twice sold out the Royal Albert Hall. In his downtime he’s the four-octave-spanning vocalist for the solo project of Guns N’ Roses icon Slash. He’s jammed with Led Zeppelin, cameoed in a Mark Wahlberg film and sung the theme song for a WWE wrestler – a checklist that any rock musician would rightfully envy. Plus, he’s releasing a second solo album, the flashy and guitar-governed The Ides of March, next week.
Album review: Myles Kennedy – The Ides Of March
Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy eases us out of lockdown with a hopeful and rock-inclined second solo album
Words: Steve Beebee
We’re often told that the darkest hour comes right before the dawn. Inevitably, many artists have chosen to dwell in the shadow, quite properly reflecting the troubled times we’ve been living through. Myles Kennedy, however, is veering towards the latter part of the statement, the suggestion of rebirth and reprieve. While The Ides Of March isn’t in any way over zealous, it’s a wake-up call of sorts, an invitation to make the most of what we have and embrace a still-unveiling future.
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Credit: Chuck Brueckmann
Alter Bridge frontman
Myles Kennedy has released a new song called âLove Rain Down,â a track off his upcoming sophomore solo album,
The Ides of March.
The tune begins as an acoustic ballad akin to the sound of Kennedyâs solo debut, 2018âs
Year of the Tiger, before shifting into an electric blues rocker. You can download it now via digital outlets.
âLove Rain Downâ is the fourth song to be released from
The Ides of March, following lead single âIn Stride,â âGet Alongâ and the title track. The whole album arrives next Friday, May 14.