New SLASH/MYLES KENNEDY album (first single)

Octahedron

So the title track of the new Slash/Myles Kennedy album's out for streaming. It's the first single. 

Glad to see nothing's changed here, on top form. May be just as good (or better than) the Apocalyptic Love album.

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Enjoy! Cos I sure did... I think they already set this world on fire!

joneve

Nicky Horne claims it's one of the best rock albums ever (in his opinion)

Octahedron

Interesting. I like it. I thought that I would. But I think that the rest of the album will be better than this. For example, last time, they released You're A Lie as the first single and then the album came out and they had better songs that didn't make singles (Apocalyptic Love, One Last Thrill, Carolina, Shots Fired, Halo, Standing in the Sun, Crazy Life, Anastasia)... although I absolutely love Bad Rain and that made a single so... 

not_the_dj

I really wish I could get passed that guys voice, it just really grates with me. Apart from that yeah I like it.

Kebabkid

Not bad.

I like Myles' voice, and I know he can cut it live, but his voice on this sounds quite different to that in Alter Bridge. He's almost taking on some elements of Axl Rose's voice.

breakstuff

Kebabkid said:

 He's almost taking on some elements of Axl Rose's voice when he could sing.

Edited for accuracy. 

monquixote

That guitar in the intro sounds like it was recorded in a tin can.

Myles Kennedy sounds like he's doing an Axl impression.

funkyfraz

Sounds good! But I really dont like the backing vocals at the chorus. sounds abit chipmunky.

Octahedron

I don't know why people so often expect Myles to sing like he does in AB on the Slash stuff. It's a totally different vibe to AB! I don't think Myles contributes to the writing process I think it's mostly Slash who writes the albums and then the band just do their thing on it. It's not a bad thing. It just shows off a different side of his voice. If you listen to him on AB, Slash and Mayfield Four (his first band) then he's got 3 really quite different things going on across those 9 records combined alone! And when you listen to him play acoustic and sing solo, another side again! Then the guest spots he's done... Like Gov't Mule's last album Shout! he sings on one of the songs on disc 2, and again it's a very different vibe! Yeah maybe he's got a bit of a Marmite voice but I think he's got a diverse one at that!

not_the_dj

I don't really like his voice in Alter Bridge either! I've tried I really have as the material's good.

daveyh

Sorry, Myles Kennedy is just doing a *bad* Axl impression. He is so much better in Alter Bridge, his voice is just nasty in the Conspirators.

Hertz32

See, I really like his voice and I'll be seeing them live in December too, so It's one of my most anticipated albums the wasn't a duff track on Apocalyptic Love IMO.

Octahedron

@Hertz32 ...yeahhhh? You even like the 'ballads' that are kinda not even ballads? I thought they were just a bit like... they withheld something. Remember Starlight on the first Slash album?! That was a monster song with a ballad edge to it so when we got ballads on Apocalyptic Love that just didn't touch that, I was kinda disappointed.

Anyway. Never mind. Alter Bridge... MK has 'the voice' for that kinda stuff. Think "In Loving Memory", "Shed My Skin", "Watch Over You" and "Before Tomorrow Comes"

Hertz32

Yeah, but Slash is a monster riffs man Starlight was written mostly by Myles AFAIK
I'm expecting more tracks like bad rain and Back from Cali (BFC Was MONSTER, both acoustic and plugged)
He has a very blues rock voice yeah, and it's one that compliments the more sedate and ballad-y tracks for sure.
Not to say he doesn't do VERY well with hard rock. 

Octahedron

Alright I just picked up my copy of the album today... Overall, the riffs are there. The musicianship is there. MK's vocals are on top form. I think my criticism of the album as a whole would be that where there are 'weaker' songs, they are typically "wordy", if that makes sense? Like you're constantly being sung at to compensate for something. There's too many lyrics. It overloads, gets clogged up and leaves the riffery and the singalongability behind. I think that'd be true of songs like "Automatic Overdrive", and "Bent to Fly" 

On the other hand you've got songs like "Too Far Gone" and "Beneath the Savage Sun" where that's OK, and it works, because they fit a really punishing riff in there around it and it slows down a bit (in BTSS) so the words can kinda snake around the music and give it a good squeeze!

I'm not all the way through the album yet. There's some great songs. There's some hit and some miss. But overall if you enjoyed Apocalyptic Love I'd say you've got more than enough to satisfy and keep you busy for a while in 17 tracks!

9/10  

mrkb

Off to see them in concert in December, cant wait!!