Journey have launched “Let It Rain,” the newest observe from their upcoming album Freedom.
Although the band is most related to their enviornment rock anthems, they swap up their type on the brand new track. “Let It Rain” is a heavy-handed rocker, boasting a robust swagger from the opening word.
Guitarist Neal Schon flexes his musical muscle tissue all through the tune, fueling the track’s soiled groove. Schon opens issues up about midway via the observe, letting his guitar squeak and wail via a triumphant solo. In the meantime, singer Arnel Pineda delivers a few of the grimiest vocals of his Journey tenure, displaying a hubris not often felt on different songs.
Take heed to “Let It Rain” beneath.
“Let It Rain” is the third track unveiled from Freedom, following “You Received the Better of Me” and “The Method We Used to Be.” The upcoming LP will Journey’s be sixteenth studio album and first in additional than a decade.
Stylistically, the three songs launched up to now have been noticeably completely different, which aligns with what keyboardist Jonathan Cain advised UCR in March.
“We’ve got all the weather,” he defined on the brand new album. “A few of it is actually uncooked and actually rock ‘n’ roll, and I believe we’ve got the traditional ballads. We actually tried to remain true to what we do finest, and that is simply write good songs.”
“There are some surprises,” Cain additional admitted. “We step out a little bit bit, which is cool. … A number of the jams have been type of free-form, so Neal was working arduous and I used to be there for him, and we labored collectively via the entire thing. The songs got here from all types of locations, creatively. However I believe it is only a mixture of all the things Journey has been.”
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