This past weekend Alternative Folk Rock band Shred Kelly released their brand new album Like A Rising Sun on Devil Duck Records. Celebrating in style the band rode bikes through Fernie, BC spinning samples off the new album. Watch here. The new album, produced by Nygel Asselin and mixed by Ben Kaplan, is the group – comprised of Tim Newton, Sage McBride, Jordan Vlasschaert, Ty West and Ryan Mildenberger – fifth studio offering. One can sense a change of direction for the group as if life has taken a sharp turn for the rockers. From the first strum of “Rising Sun” to the dissonant fadeout of “Disconnect”, a fast paced and emotional album is laid out through 11 tracks that tell of major life upheaval in rapidly changing times. The band will celebrate the release of the album on Sunday, July 5th with two online concerts. For tickets and further info on the upcoming concerts please visit http://www.shredkelly.com/tour.
Written mostly in 2019 when lead singers/songwriters Tim and Sage welcomed their first child into the world only to lose Tim’s father to an illness one month later. The joy, sadness, and uncertainty of that time allowed for a new lease on their highly energetic music and the stories they tell. The album is woven together in the immediate aftermath with themes of love, life, death, fear for the future, and new beginnings.
As the intro track “Rising Sun” sets the theme of the album with echoes of cascading banjo riffs and a thunderous drum, the song speaks of a change on the horizon. The song segues into “Roman Candle Eyes” with heartfelt sincerity when Tim describes peering into his daughter’s eyes for the first time – comparing them and the immensely joyous moment to fireworks. As Like a Rising Sun plays out, Tim and Sage recount life moments of the past and present with nostalgic fondness and sadness on “Looking For” and “The Hill”; memories of Tim’s father on “Take Me Home” and “Long Way From Your Heart”; and hold a mirror to the way we connect with each other on “Dead Leaves” and “Disconnect”, both of which seem to foreshadow a major shift in the near future.
