Don Wishon
08-02-2006, 09:13 AM
No, not a new hockey player for the Rangers...check out the title of the release...looks familiar...
From melodicrock.com:
THE FIRST TASTE OF BRAND NEW WINGER!:
Frontiers Records is pleased to unleash all details surrounding the much talked come-back album from Winger simply entitled IV.
13 years since the release of the critically acclaimed record Pull, Winger are now a five-piece band comprising of Kip Winger (on vocals and bass), Reb Beach (on guitar), Rod Morgenstein (on drums), John Roth (on guitar and keyboards) and the new addition, Cenk Eroglu (guitar and keyboards).
The new album, according to Kip Winger is the result of my chemistry with Reb Beach. "Songwriting and composition are the most important thing to me", says Kip, "In my opinion good songs are a combination of life, experience and accident. On Winger IV all of those things came together. Reb and I are more comfortable with each other now and our musical roles with respect to each other are more clearly defined.
IV is definitely a career-defining album for the experienced musicians that created it. This was a very magical record. I gave it everything I had, I thought of the overwhelming support I've had over the years by the die hard fans and really wanted to give them something worth listening to", says Winger.
The record has a very diverse feel the aggression of tracks like Right Up Ahead, M16 or Livin Just To Die, the mystical elements Disappear, the lyricism and sheer melodies of Blue Suede Shoes, On A Day Like Today and the political elements of Can't Take It Back and Generica.
The album has something for everyone.
"Several songs on this record" reveals Kip, "were inspired by my experience performing at a few military bases, after meeting some of the men and women who are in the line of fire. I wrote songs like Blue Suede Shoes, Right Up Ahead and M16 as a way of giving something back to the soldiers who sacrifice themselves for the rest of us to live free."
Winger's return album will be unleashed on the markets on Frontiers Records on October 20 with a Japanese release on King Records with the following final track listing: Right Up Ahead; Blue Suede Shoes; Four Leaf Clover; M16; Your Great Escape; Disappear; On A Day Like Today; Livin' Just To Die; Short Flight To Mexico; Generica; Can't Take It Back.
Comment: I must concur with Frontiers on this one - Winger IV does have something for everyone, but most importantly, it has something for every Winger fan out there. This is a monster of an album and nothing short of classic Winger, albeit, in an even more contemporary setting than the band's last album Pull.
This is a super intense album that is both sonically pristine and emotionally satisfying. Winger IV is a mix of Pull, Kip Winger's own vision on his solo records and a little fresh contemporary inspiration. This is an updated and natural progression from Pull plus a ton of power and passion.
The record moves seamlessly between the heavy intensity of Right Up Ahead and M16 to the more commercial, classic Winger sound on Your Great Escape and Four Leaf Clover; to modern melodic ballads such as On A Day Like Today and Blue Suede Shoes while still pushing boundaries on tracks such as the fresh and exciting experimental mood of Generica.
From melodicrock.com:
THE FIRST TASTE OF BRAND NEW WINGER!:
Frontiers Records is pleased to unleash all details surrounding the much talked come-back album from Winger simply entitled IV.
13 years since the release of the critically acclaimed record Pull, Winger are now a five-piece band comprising of Kip Winger (on vocals and bass), Reb Beach (on guitar), Rod Morgenstein (on drums), John Roth (on guitar and keyboards) and the new addition, Cenk Eroglu (guitar and keyboards).
The new album, according to Kip Winger is the result of my chemistry with Reb Beach. "Songwriting and composition are the most important thing to me", says Kip, "In my opinion good songs are a combination of life, experience and accident. On Winger IV all of those things came together. Reb and I are more comfortable with each other now and our musical roles with respect to each other are more clearly defined.
IV is definitely a career-defining album for the experienced musicians that created it. This was a very magical record. I gave it everything I had, I thought of the overwhelming support I've had over the years by the die hard fans and really wanted to give them something worth listening to", says Winger.
The record has a very diverse feel the aggression of tracks like Right Up Ahead, M16 or Livin Just To Die, the mystical elements Disappear, the lyricism and sheer melodies of Blue Suede Shoes, On A Day Like Today and the political elements of Can't Take It Back and Generica.
The album has something for everyone.
"Several songs on this record" reveals Kip, "were inspired by my experience performing at a few military bases, after meeting some of the men and women who are in the line of fire. I wrote songs like Blue Suede Shoes, Right Up Ahead and M16 as a way of giving something back to the soldiers who sacrifice themselves for the rest of us to live free."
Winger's return album will be unleashed on the markets on Frontiers Records on October 20 with a Japanese release on King Records with the following final track listing: Right Up Ahead; Blue Suede Shoes; Four Leaf Clover; M16; Your Great Escape; Disappear; On A Day Like Today; Livin' Just To Die; Short Flight To Mexico; Generica; Can't Take It Back.
Comment: I must concur with Frontiers on this one - Winger IV does have something for everyone, but most importantly, it has something for every Winger fan out there. This is a monster of an album and nothing short of classic Winger, albeit, in an even more contemporary setting than the band's last album Pull.
This is a super intense album that is both sonically pristine and emotionally satisfying. Winger IV is a mix of Pull, Kip Winger's own vision on his solo records and a little fresh contemporary inspiration. This is an updated and natural progression from Pull plus a ton of power and passion.
The record moves seamlessly between the heavy intensity of Right Up Ahead and M16 to the more commercial, classic Winger sound on Your Great Escape and Four Leaf Clover; to modern melodic ballads such as On A Day Like Today and Blue Suede Shoes while still pushing boundaries on tracks such as the fresh and exciting experimental mood of Generica.