Multi-platinum rockers Styx have formally launched their 18th studio album Circling From Above in the present day, July 18th.
Circling From Above spans 13 tracks and 41 minutes. The file options contributions from all seven members of the band, together with founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Younger, guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw, unique bassist Chuck Panozzo, drummer Todd Sucherman, keyboardist/vocalist Lawrence Gowan, guitarist/vocalist Will Evankovich, and bassist Terry Gowan.
The album was produced by Evankovich, who additionally helmed the band’s earlier two data earlier than changing into an official member in 2022. All 13 songs have been penned in varied mixtures by the band’s songwriting triumvirate of Shaw, Evankovich and Lawrence Gowan. “I’ve noticed over the last three records, there’s a real effort to make sure everyone’s got a smile on their face at the end of it,” Gowan shares. “There’s creative friction, but everybody gets a go around the table, and we all get a swing at the tree. And that’s really, really good.”
“It’s a strange three-way democracy for sure,” Evankovich provides. “We all know that the institution of Styx is the most important thing.”
Shaw explains, “when you start writing an album, there’s generally something that piques your imagination, and all of a sudden, you’re a storyteller starting with the seed of a story.” He continues, “a good song is like a straight road — it’ll get you to the next place.”
The group are at the moment on the highway with their “Brotherhood of Rock” tour alongside The Kevin Cronin Band and particular visitor Don Felder. CDs of Circling From Above have been out there in any respect stops for the reason that tour’s kickoff in Might. Later this yr the band will headline “Rockin’ in Paradise: STYX + Friends;” a three-day music trip weekend happening October Ninth-Eleventh in Miramar Seaside, Florida. Ticket data for each dwell occasions could be discovered on Styx’s web site.
Purchase Styx’s Circling from Above now.
