In September, Living Colour will release their new album, their first in nine years, Shade.
"That was really the beginning of us thinking of the direction we
want to take for our next project," says guitarist Vernon Reid said in a statement. "Hearing that blend of blues and metal was really what got the wheels turning."
"To me, there seems to be a shadow cast across our collective lives.
We can either allow it to oppress us or we can shine a light on it," Reid added. "'Shade' is the sound of a band coming to terms with the
shadows and shining a light by using the blues as a mirror."
"What better way to talk to the world than through the blues?" vocalist Corey Glover asked in a press release . "We recorded 'Preachin' Blues' several times to jump start the
project and that got everybody fired up. After that, we were ready.
'Shade,' in its final outcome, is more of a deconstruction of the blues
than an interpretation. It was the idiom that gave us our voice."
Take a look at the cover, above, and the tracklisting, below:
1. Freedom of Express (F.O.X.)
2. Preachin' Blues
3. Come On
4. Program
5. Who Shot Ya
6. Always Wrong
7. Blak Out
8. Pattern In Time (Skin In The Game)
9. Who's That
10. Glass Teeth
11. Invisible
12. Inner City Blues
13. Two Sides
2. Preachin' Blues
3. Come On
4. Program
5. Who Shot Ya
6. Always Wrong
7. Blak Out
8. Pattern In Time (Skin In The Game)
9. Who's That
10. Glass Teeth
11. Invisible
12. Inner City Blues
13. Two Sides