Dear friends and fans, I would like to announce the release of my second full-length album with Fuzz Sagrado for January 16 next year! The album will be named "Luz e Sombra" (Light and Shadow), with nine new tracks in a total length of about 42 minutes. I will start as usual with digital releases on all platforms, remember: Your support via bandcamp is always most appreciated! But later, hopefully, there'll also be physical versions.
Although again I am bit in a mix of being excited and "terrified" 😉 I can say that I am quite confident that with this new album I have improved in many ways. Again I took care of songwriting, recording, mixing and mastering - all by myself. This time I am pretty sure that the sound is pretty good 😉 and most probably in one league with what I have released with former bands, if not better - or at least: I am happier with this than ever before, which may be quite a bold statement.
I can also already say that the songs in general will be a bit heavier, with more distorted guitars than on the previous album - and where I am almost certain too is that my vocals again have improved! I have put quite a big emphasis on songwriting here, and vocals are often up front. A good third of the songs will be longer, in about 6-8 minutes, the others are shorter, sort of grungy songs (verse-chorus-verse) and then there are also two instrumentals which may or may not surprise with elements from classical music!
The album in general has influences from 60s and 70s symphonic psychedelic prog in the vein of Pink Floyd or The Moody Blues, not so much classical Hard Rock as more a kind of 90s vibe, influenced from the grunge era or British bands like The Verve, with the rather obvious Stoner-touch, and like the last album also suave 80s vibes that may remind of The Sisters Of Mercy or The Comsat Angels - although no one has to be afraid, the synthesizers actually went a bit further into the background.
What you won't find though is a lot of guitar noodling, sorry but this is just not what I am up to these days. For those who are in doubt, I have to add one thing: Fuzz Sagrado is not Samsara Blues Experiment, and I am not trying to recreate anything from the past.
Here's the playlist of the album:
01. There's No Escape (6:05)
02. Wake Them Up (4:12)
03. Luz e Sombra (7:56)
04. One Endless Summer (3:19)
05. Leaving Samsara (7:10)
06. Memories Of A Future Passed (3:47)
07. Love In Progress (3:22)
08. Learning To Live, And Live Again (3:56)
09. Broken Earth (3:44)
Thank you to all my supporters, fans and friends. And to those who think all my life here is sunshine, this is just half the truth. Actually most of the material on this album could have been completed by May or June already but it took quite a while for me to get adjusted with some things, and I may have had a little problem to stay focused. Gladly things in general have come back to a bit of "normality" - for most of us (?) - and I had to tell myself that there's no rush for things, and even if some people may see it like that, there is no competition in music and art.
2022 has been quite a good year for rock music, and I have experienced quite a comeback myself, checking out lots of new and older rock releases with a lot of curiosity. So, in case you're still reading at this point, happy holidays to you and your families and yeah, talk soon ... Thank you, and muito obrigado!
Pic by my lovely Lorrayne, thank you for yesterday and every day that we are "learning to live, ... and live again" - te amo ta!
