Black Swan, the band featuring vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big), will return with a second album, Generation Mind on April 8th. The first single from the album, the title track, is out today. A music video for Generation Mind was filmed in Los Angeles recently and fans can expect that to premiere in the coming weeks.
Picking up where their stunning, and well-received, debut album Shake The World (see more information here) left off, the foursome once again delivers a powerful hard rock statement. With the entirety of the album written and composed by McAuley, Pilson and Beach, Generation Mind sees Black Swan an even more cohesive and focused unit from their debut.
Generation Mind is another outstanding showcase for the musical talents of the instrumental players in the band as well as McAuley’s powerful voice, which seems to defy age. Black Swan has again produced something fresh, heavy, intensely melodic and an album that is certainly not a mish-mash of the members other bands, but its own unique sonic entity.
Generation Mind is a killer slice of melodic hard rock/metal from seasoned players who defied all expectations on their debut by having gelled musically so cohesively. And now, having established their sonic signature and being more in tune with one another’s songwriting, they have taken the blueprint of Shake The World and taken it to the next level on Generation Mind.
Generation Mind track listing:
1. Before The Light
2. She Hides Behind
3. Generation Mind
4. Eagles Fly
5. See You Cry
6. Killer On The Loose
7. Miracle
8. How Do You Feel
9. Long Way Down
10. Crown
11. Wicked The Day
12. I Will Follow
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I normally don’t like much of the new material these mash up groups put out , but this is a very good tune , lyrics aren’t too idiotic, solid hooky chorus , great production , it’s hard rock all ages of fans could get behind , too bad they will probably never tour ,and most likely will never make another record …