L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns and Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators bassist Todd Kerns have formed a new band, Blackbird Angels, which will release their debut album, Solsorte, on September 8 via Frontiers Music Srl.
You can check out the official video for the album’s first single, “Shut Up (You Know I Love You),” below.
In addition to Guns on guitar and Kerns on vocals and bass, the band includes multi-instrumentalist Adam Hamilton, who has played in and produced for L.A. Guns, among other acts, on drums.
The band’s sound is said to be inspired by Guns’ love for “the music he grew up worshipping as a teenager,” including Led Zeppelin, Peter Frampton, Bad Company, late ’70s Journey and more.
Said Guns, “Todd and I have wanted to make a record for about 10 years now and we finally did it and it’s everything I hoped for. With the addition of Adam Hamilton, it’s pure magic. For live performances, Johnny Martin will play bass and Sam Bam Koltun will play guitar.”
Adds Kerns, “I’ve always been a great admirer of Tracii’s. When he approached me about this project, we were still in the throes of the pandemic and I really felt this deep need to make as much music as possible while we were all facing such an uncertain future. The record turned out to not only be a cathartic experience, it became some of my favorite music I’ve ever been a part of. It’s raw, it’s real and it rocks. I’m super excited for people to hear it.”
Solsorte track list:
01. Shut Up (You Know I Love You)
02. Mine (All Mine)
03. Worth the Wait
04. Coming In Hot
05. On and On/Over and Over
06. Only Everything
07. Broken In Two
08. Better Than This
09. Unbroken
10. The Last Song
11. Scream Bloody Murder