Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Joe Satriani Announces New Album with Glenn Hughes and Chad Smith

Photo courtesy of Downtown El Paso


Ever since Chickenfoot seemed to dissolve a while back, Joe Satriani has jumped right back into his solo career that was usually his main focus to begin with. After releasing his 2015 album Shockwave Supernova, a concept album that tells the story of his on stage alter-ego and the retirement of said entity, he is now about to release a new album. Not just any album, though. This time he has recruited Deep Purple and Black Country Communion bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to accompany him.

The brand new album will be titled What Comes Next and is set to be released on January 12th of next year.

The announcement was made yesterday (9/18) via Satriani's website. It's on the home page of the site and it also features a short clip of one of the tracks: Energy. So far no commentary has been made on the upcoming album, though Hughes did hint not that long ago that he was working on a new album with another famous musician.

If I was to venture a guess, I'd say the album title comes from Satriani what will be coming next for him as a musician and a performer now that he has laid such a gigantic part of his life to rest. Regardless, it already sounds like a fun album judging from the snippet on the website. It sounds like a blend of signature Satch style with some heavy California groove rock from Hughes and Smith. I hope there are at least some songs with Hughes singing because that would be one hell of a thing to witness.

Joe Satriani, "What Happens Next" Track Listing:

1. Energy
2. Catbot
3. Thunder High on the Mountain
4. Cherry Blossoms
5. Righteous
6. Smooth Soul
7. Headrush
8. Looper
9. What Happens Next
10. Super Funky Badass
11. Invisible
12. Forever And Ever

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