JOE SATRIANI’S NEW ALBUM “SHAPESHIFTING” SET FOR RELEASE APRIL 10TH, LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE “NINETEEN EIGHTY” HERE

Joe Satriani’s new studio album, Shapeshifting, is set for release on April 10th via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings.  The first single, Nineteen Eighty, is available today on all streaming platforms and at rock radio stations nationwide.  Full track list is below.

Pre-order packages are also available beginning today. In addition to the CD and standard black vinyl, the D2C store will offer an exclusive translucent blue colored, signed vinyl.  Additional offerings will include stemless wine glasses, coffee mugs, koozies, crew socks, guitar picks and a t-shirt – all featuring Joe’s original artwork.  Also available, an autographed CD via pre-order with Newbury Comics online retails store.  Anyone who pre-orders via the D2C will receive early access to the upcoming US tour, to be announced shortly. To pre-order, please go here.

Satriani enlisted a wide range of collaborators, both old and new, to help him bring the songs on, Shapeshifting, to life. Legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty), bassist Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction) and keyboardist Eric Caudieux were the core musicians on the new album with additional contributions coming from Lisa Coleman (The Revolution) and Christopher Guest.

The retro feeling sounds of first single, Nineteen Eighty finds Satriani spiritually revisiting the time period when he was working with his first band, the Squares. The future guitar hero the world came to know less than a decade later, would have to wait. He recalls that in those early days, they “dialed back the guitar solos and histrionics to try to create a cooler new wave vibe.” Decades removed from those goals, he was free to go forward and attempt to recapture what was on his mind in 1980.

Staying true to the sounds of the time, he even used a vintage MXR EVH phaser. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen,” Satriani says. “In my mind, he just crystallized that era. The late ‘70s and early ‘80s, he kind of saved rock guitar. So that’s what I would have been doing.” Listen below.

As previously announced, Satriani will embark on The Shapeshifting Tour beginning April 15th with a 42-date European leg that currently winds up in mid-June. Additional dates, including the U.S., to be announced soon. The 2020 touring band features celebrated drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty), bassist Bryan Beller (Aristocrats) and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc) joining Satriani on guitar. Current Shapeshifting Tour Dates here.

Shapeshifting track listing:

1. Big Distortion
2. All For Love
3. Ali Farka, Dick Dale, an Alien and Me
4. Teardrops
5. Perfect Dust
6. Nineteen Eighty
7. All My Friends Are Here
8. Spirits, Ghosts and Outlaws
9. Falling Stars
10. Waiting
11. Here The Blue River
12. Yesterday’s Yesterday

For two decades, the guitar virtuoso has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and as founder of the all-star G3 guitar extravaganza.  Satriani’s studio and live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date and of his many solo albums, two have gone platinum and four others went gold, with 15 Grammy nominations between them.  His side project, Chickenfoot, featuring former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar, former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith saw their debut album certified gold and their second studio album debuted at number nine.

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