Review:
Troy Refern is an artist that SonicAbuse has had the pleasure of catching on various occasions. As a support act, he is devastating, casually threatening to blow any and every headliner off the stage with a range of songs that mix the authenticity of blues and the vitality of hard rock into a compelling package, topped off with Troy’s enviable skill as a slide guitarist.
Here, Troy returns with a brilliantly gritty slab of melodic hard rock that mixes influences from Richie Sambora, Kris Barras, and early Aerosmith, harking back to the days when rock ruled the radio and MTV regularly aired videos of leather-clad gunslingers cruising Highway 51 in an open-top Cadillac. It’s a hell of a ride and, if it doesn’t get the adrenaline flowing, you may want to check your pulse.
Official news post:
British slide guitarist and singer songwriter, Troy Redfern is pleased to announce the release of his new single Getaway; the second single taken from his forthcoming 2024 studio album Invocation.
Released Wednesday 25th October, Getaway is available on all streaming platforms HERE. The single is accompanied by an official music video available to watch on YouTube HERE.
Featuring his strongest material to date, the Invocation album will be launched with an extensiveKickstarter Campaign on Monday October 30th. Coloured vinyl, hand-drawn artworks and an array of exclusive bundles are just a few of the things on offer to backers of the new album. Further information about the countdown to the Kickstarter campaign is available HERE.
Getaway follows Redfern’s 2023 summer festival appearances including Steelhouse, Maid inStone, and Rawa Blues Festival in Poland where he performed to a crowd of 7,000.
The new single dovetails Redfern’s highly anticipated November 2023 UK tour supporting guitar prodigy Philip Sayce, followed by a mainstage performance at Planet Rockstock in Wales during early December. Tickets for the Sayce/Redfern November UK tour are available from https://troyredfern.com/dates.
Invocation is the follow-up to Redfern’s 2022 studio album The Wings of Salvation which received rave reviews. Said Blues Rock Review of the Salvation album, “Redfern balances big-league chops with mad songwriting skills to bring us an action-packed set of blues rock that will blow out your windows.”
Getaway is produced by Dave Marks and mixed by Jo Webb. The new single features Troy Redfern (guitar, vocals), Paul Stewart (drums), and Dave Marks (bass).
On Getaway and the forthcoming album, I wanted to write and record songs that were bigger and ballsier than what has come before,” says Redfern. “The new songs embrace more of the rockier elements of my writing and playing. I’ve also given myself the creative freedom to explore and feel out other styles or aspects of my writing that have not been heard on any of my other albums.”
Continues Redfern, “As an artist I feel it’s important to keep pushing and striving to refine your art, while staying true to your vision. It is important to know who you are as an artist, and on Getaway and the upcoming album, I think I have finally perfected my own contemporary signature sound.
Getaway is a slide guitar, rock ‘n’ roll tour de force. Lyrically, it deals with themes of freedom and knowing when it’s time to leave a bad situation. It’s undeniably Troy Redfern full circle blues rock and roll!
“Getaway is about cutting yourself some slack,” adds Redfern. “It’s about transforming your life, even if there are difficult decisions to be made. As they say, from the mud grows the lotus.”
PHILIP SAYCE
NOVEMBER 2023 UK TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
TROY REDFERN
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
WWW.THEGIGCARTEL.COM &
WWW.PHILIPSAYCE.COM
Bristol, Fleece
Sunday 19 November 2023
(Sold Out)
Manchester, Band On The Wall
Monday 20 November 2023
Newcastle, The Cluny
Tuesday 21 November 2023
Glasgow, Oran Mor
Thursday 23 November 2023
Leeds, Brudenell
Friday 24 November 2023
London, The Garage
Saturday 25 November 2023
(Sold Out)
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B&W photo: Jason Bridges
