An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for “Kentucky”, the fifth studio album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, is available below. Due on April 1 via Mascot Label Group, the CD was recorded at Barrick Recording in Glasgow, Kentucky. Taking a “back-to-the-roots” approach, the effort was produced in the same way and same place as BLACK STONE CHERRY’s eponymous debut album, which broke the band out of the small southern backwater and onto the world stage.
“Kentucky” track listing:
01. The Way Of The Future
02. In Our Dreams
03. Shakin’ My Cage
04. Soul Machine
05. Long Ride
06. War
07. Hangman
08. Cheaper To Drink Alone
09. Rescue Me
10. Feelin’ Fuzzy
11. Darkest Secret
12. Born To Die
13. The Rambler
BLACK STONE CHERRY guitarist Ben Wells recently told Metal Hammer magazine about “Kentucky”: “This is the first time we get to self-produce. And most of the songs, with the exception of maybe two or three out of fifteen, are all written by us, the four of us. Which all of our songs always are — we might co-write with somebody — but this time, the majority of the songs are all written by us. So it feels really good to kind of have that creative freedom. Even though we’re still learning things as we get along, we’ve kind of picked up over the years touring internationally what our fans have come to expect and what we expect from ourselves and what we know people are gonna enjoy from us. So it’s definitely… it’s raw, it’s heavy. We’re going back to our hometown to record it, where we did our debut album. So we’re kind of revisiting some of that old mojo that we had, and I think our fans have been wanting that from us for a long time now. So we want, and I know they want it, and we’re just excited about it. I mean, the songs… These are probably some of the coolest songs we’ve written as far as the music and the melodies.”
Added BLACK STONE CHERRY drummer John Fred Young: “We’re not doing a prog record — it’s not that different — but I think it does have parts where I don’t think records before have had these parts. And I think people are gonna go, ‘Wow! I’ve never heard ‘em do that, or that transition there.’ And I think, too, with us, we’re… In America, like I’ve said before, and we’ve all said, you are only as good as your last American rock single, and for us, we just don’t play that ballgame, because our fans, they’re here for the live show, they’re here to hear the songs and have a great time. And I think that in some previous records, we were in positions with the label where we had to write songs formatted [for radio].”
Continued Wells: “But this time, we weren’t focusing on that. We said, ‘Look, if they pick it up and they like it, awesome. But our fans are the ones who gave us a career. So we wrote it with them in mind and [the songs were assembled for] the live setting.”
Source: Blabbermouth
