1 week Ago By [email protected] (Fraser Lewry)
Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading has announced her 21st studio album, The follow-up to 2021's Top 10 release it'll be released on November 22 via BMG. The album, which was written, produced, programmed and engineered by Armatrading at her own Bumpkin Studio, is preceded by the single , which was inspired by an encounter with a young person engaged in "alarmingly confrontational" public behaviour. "He was like 'I'm going to kill everybody! I'm not moving! You can get the police! You can't move me!'" reports Armatrading.
"All the lyrics just flowed, in one, and I knew it had to have an aggression, because that's how he was. I did a version of it that was a little bit milder, but you could tell that wasn't it." Armatrading describes as, "observational, and yes, very direct", which suggests that this isn't the heavy metal album she hinted at making back in 2020.
"I love hard rock!” . “I always tell myself, ‘One day I’ll make a heavy metal album.’ With lots of guitar shredding! And I will.
” Armatrading has always experimented with different genres including the hard rock of 1983's The Key, while 2007's was a blues album, 2010's was rooted in "guitar based rock" and 2012's was a pure jazz album. Earlier this year she announced the launch of the , which provides full three-year tuition fees at the BIMM Music Institute for candidates from low-income households and/or groups that are under-represented in higher education. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Online Editor at Louder/Classic Rock magazine since 2014.
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