Trout, Walter: Broken -2LP (Transparent Vinyl)

Walter Trout: Broken -2LP

Mascot/Provogue v.2024

Limited Edition Transparent vinyl

Gatefold sleeve

 

A1 Broken

A2 Turn And Walk Away

A3 Courage In The Dark

B1 Bleed

B2 Talkin' To Myself

B3 No Magic (On The Street)

C1 I've Had Enough

C2 Love Of My Life

C3 Breathe

D1 Heaven Or Hell

D2 I Wanna Stay

D3 Falls Apart

 

All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It’s a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America’s society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman’s latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them. “I’ve always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that,” considers the 72-year-old of an all-original tracklisting that rages and soothes. “But I always hold on to hope. I think that’s why I wrote this album.” With gallows humour, Trout notes that his new album opens with a track called Broken and ends with one called Falls Apart. He can’t deny the socio-political mood in the air, and as such, between those two bookends lie some of the most personal, bruised songs of his career (albeit twinned to some of his most rocking and defiant guitar work). Features guest appearances by Will Wilde, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Beth Hart (on the title track).