A new
LIVING COLOUR track entitled
Behind The Sun is available for streaming at the band's
MySpace page. The song comes off the group's first new studio album in five years, entitled
"The Chair In The Doorway", which is scheduled for release on September 15 via
Megaforce Records. The legendary downtown New York City rock band, who exploded out of CBGB in the late '80s, landing all over
MTV, the cover of
Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with its
Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album
"Vivid", is back and as "fierce" as ever.
Original members
Vernon Reid,
Corey Glover,
Will Calhoun and (since 1993)
Doug Wimbish gathered at
Sono Studios outside of Prague in the Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become
"The Chair In The Doorway". The results stretch from the modern soul anthem
"Behind The Sun" to the politically-charged, heavy rock of
"DecaDance" to the sacred steel blues of
"Bless Those". The artwork for
"The Chair In The Doorway" was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.
"We feel like this is the best record we've made yet and we couldn't be more excited to be releasing it with the legendary
Megaforce Records," says guitarist
Vernon Reid. "Some of our favorite bands were or are
Megaforce artists —
METALLICA,
BAD BRAINS,
ANTHRAX,
BLACK CROWES — so it's an honor to be part of a label with a great legacy."
LIVING COLOUR will announce plans for a world tour shortly. With dates set to begin in September, it will include their first North American tour in four years along with performances in South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Having helped to pave the way for a number of contemporary African-American artists to follow in their wake, ranging from
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE to
LENNY KRAVITZ to
BEN HARPER, with a multi-dimensional sound that drew equally from
JIMI HENDRIX,
BAD BRAINS,
TALKING HEADS and
ORNETTE COLEMAN, the success of
LIVING COLOUR broke down the color barriers in rock music. Guitarist and founding member
Vernon Reid also founded the
Black Rock Coalition to use his influence to further this cause.
Discovered by
Mick Jagger who produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with
THE ROLLING STONES,
LIVING COLOUR would go on to create a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including
"Cult Of Personality",
"Elvis Is Dead",
"Open Letter To A Landlord",
"Glamour Boys" and
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head". With
"The Chair In The Doorway", the fifth album of the band's storied career,
LIVING COLOUR expands the scope of its timeless body of work and, in the process, proves vital as ever.
"The Chair In The Doorway" track listing:
01.
Burned Bridges02.
The Chair03.
DecaDance04.
Young Man05.
Method06.
Behind The Sun07.
Bless Those08.
Hard Times09.
Taught Me10.
Out Of Mind11.
Not Tomorrow
