Playing regularly in Toronto nightclubs as a teenage guitarist, PHILIP SAYCE swiftly garnered the interest of the music press and a dedicated group of fans. Sayce and his wife made the move to Los Angeles to boost his music career.
Uncle Kracker (Matthew Shafer), a Double Wide country rapper, recruited the musician shortly after his move, and the pair embarked on an 18-month tour. Sayce joined Melissa Etheridge’s band for her Lucky Tour just after.
And now get ready for the release of the highly anticipated tenth solo album from the renowned Welsh stringmeister. The Wolves Are Coming is available via Atomic Gemini/Forty Below Records on Friday, February 23rd, 2024.
The musician’s latest album is more daring, more powerful, and more uniquely personal than any of his previous releases.
“These songs and stories came into focus during my darkest times,” he says.
explodes with unstoppable intensity!
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‘Oh! That Bitches Brew’ is the album opener. The song has an unadulterated bass line, gritty drums, and a tense, strong architectonic riff. It features lively vocals amidst an explosion of guitar tones. The arrangement becomes a delectable mixture of beauty & intensity as the the song’s softer portions cut through the landscape like sour rind through caramel.
‘Lady Love Divine’ (audio shared below) is a joyful bebop of squinchy funk tones, sparkling vocals, and a seventies-style Stevie Wonder vibe. The guitar solo is like squeezed pomegranate, juicy with emotion and vibrancy.
‘Backstabber’ is about fake friends and ruthlessness in the music business. Sayce’s voice perfectly complements the track’s melodic enthusiasm and unrepressed fire. This song explodes with unstoppable intensity!
Blackbirds Fly Alone creates a complex, yet incredibly beautiful, baroque-pop collage of colours and misty sparkles with an angelic voice and revolving guitar textures. The song begins with an acoustic strum that’s set amid a cloud of George Martinesque echoing geometries, and it ends with a latticework of additional elements floating into a psychedelic horizon.
With its branching-out, boiling-up guitar vortexes, Intuition is a pained, though not wholly distressed, blues waltz of amazing accomplishment and electrothermal compulsion. Here’s the track that will excite all audiophiles and lovers of guitar-led extravaganzas.
The album is an exceptional achievement, showcasing top-notch compositions, captivating song structures, impressive vocals, catchy melodies, imaginative concepts, and breathtaking guitar skills. Magnificent and extraordinary!
Album available on pre-order here: https://fortybelow.ffm.to/sayce-thewolvesarecoming
Words: © Neil Mach
Main Image: © Adam Kennedy
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