Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog //BMG// (Released 24th August)

Description

£21.99 – Strictly Limited Edition (500 Only) Indies Only Alternative Artwork 2xLP

£19.99 – 2xLP Standard Edition & DLC

Rainier Fog marks a few firsts for the band: in addition to being their first album in five years, it’s their first album with BMG and their first time recording in their hometown of Seattle in more than 20 years (worth noting that the album title is a tribute to Seattle). They recorded at Studio X, the same facility where they tracked 1995’s self-titled Alice In Chains album (back when the studio was known as Bad Animals). The Rainier Fog recording process also saw the band spend time at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles and at the Nashville studio of producer Nick Raskulinecz.

“The newest record, Rainier Fog (the title a soaring tribute to Seattle itself) is another step further into the brilliance and musicality of what we have now come to expect from AIC. Sean Kinney’s super unique drum style tells one epic story, Inez’s brooding bass lines tell yet another, Duvall’s guitar prowess and lead vocals guide and narrate and nurture the triumph and torture of the subject matter, and Cantrell’s jaw-dropping songwriting, vocals, and now-legendary riff-master approach all combine for another simply brilliant effort.

“The One You Know” will rip your fucking head off, as will “So Far Under” and title track “Rainier Fog,” and the searingly apropos “Red Giant” is deadly truth to power.  “All I Am” and “Fly” give time for deeper inner-reflection and that classic AIC sound-scaping that we all love. From top to bottom, Rainier Fog is, like all great Alice In Chains albums, all killer and no filler.

This is a band to cherish and be thankful to have as our own. Our living and breathing gauge of what is right with rock and fucking roll.” – Duff McKagan (Guns ‘N Roses)

Tracklisting

1. The One You Know
2. Rainier Fog
3. Red Giant
4. Fly
5. Drone
6. Deaf Ears Blind Eyes
7. Maybe
8. So Far Under
9. Never Fade
10. All I Am