Satch just posted the following on Facebook. This is the first single from his upcoming album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards entitled Light Years Away, it’s awesome \m/

Light Years Away by joesatriani

Those lucky guys at music radar have been chatting up with Joe Satriani about his upcoming album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards and he’s been kind enough to give them a little commenting for each of the 11 tracks on the album, here’s an excerpt:

Premonition -

A dynamite opener that blasts out of the gate at a breakneck pace. A surging, ominous yet majestic epic in which the imposing weight of the guitar frequencies could move air. The breakdown section is tough as a rusty piece of chain, followed by overwhelming waves of shred.

Joe Satriani says:

“It was written very quickly, although it sounds like it might have been composed in sections. It was about that feeling you get when you feel that something is not right. It doesn’t let up. It’s kind of nightmarish, in a way.

“The guitar tone is different than what people might expect, and in that regard, this is one of my ‘black swans.’ The expression ‘black swan’ is one that’s very old, and basically it means ’unlikely things’ – images, occurrences, extreme rarities in life. I love how Premonition sets the tone for the album – you don’t know what’s coming next.”

Head over to MusicRadar for the whole thing.

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I’m a wee bit late with the news as I was busy doing other things yesterday (like playing guitar, a guy’s gotta have his priorities right? ) but at least I can now make a complete post about all the announcements made about this.

Back in May, I mentioned an interview where Joe was talking about his upcoming album. Well it’s been a few months but we now have a name for it: Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, and it’s due for release in the UK on 04 October 2010 and on 05 October 2010 in the US. Personally I don’t think the title is much weirder than Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion of Rock but that’s just me. Anyway, we even have the cover for it so here it is:

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