Legendary Prog Rock guitarist Steve Hackett has announced that his new studio album “The Circus And The Nightwhale” will be released on February 16, 2024, via InsideOut Music.
With just a week to go till the album release, Steve has launched the official visualizer for the track “Circo Inferno,” watch it through the YouTube player below:
Steve said of the track: “Circo Inferno is the most frenzied point in this album’s narrative… A plea for rescue within the maelstrom of a Dantesque circus, involving swirling Phrygian runs, insistent sax, full on vocals and blistering guitar…”
“The Circus And The Nightwhale” is Steve’s first new music in over two years. It follows the beautiful acoustic LP “Under A Mediterranean Sky” from January 2021 – which rose to No 2 in the UK Classical chart – and, in September of that year, his metallic masterpiece “Surrender Of Silence,” which hit the UK Top 40. His 2023 live album, “Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton,” reached No 2 in the Rock & Metal Chart. Steve’s new LP promises ballads, blues, blistering Progressive Rock… and healthy measures of theatre and fantasia.
The new album is available to pre-order on several different formats, including a Limited CD+Blu-ray media book (including 5.1 Surround Sound & 24bit high resolution stereo mixes), Standard CD Jewel case, Gatefold 180g Vinyl LP & as Digital Album. All feature the stunning cover painting by Denise Marsh.
Pre-Order here: https://stevehackett.lnk.to/TheCircusAndTheNightwhale
Tracklist:
1. People Of The Smoke
2. These Passing Clouds
3. Taking You Down
4. Found And Lost
5. Enter The Ring
6. Get Me Out!
7. Ghost Moon and Living Love
8. Circo Inferno
9. Breakout
10. All At Sea
11. Into The Nightwhale
12. Wherever You Are
13. White Dove
Lineup:
Steve Hackett / Electric and Acoustic Guitars, 12-string, Mandolin, Harmonica, Percussion, Bass, Vocals
With:
Roger King / Keyboards, Programming, Orchestral Arrangements
Rob Townsend / Saxophone
Jonas Reingold / Bass
Nad Sylvan (Agents of Mercy, Unifaun) / Vocals
Amanda Lehmann / Vocals
Benedict Fenner / Keyboards
John Hackett / Flute
Malik Mansurov / Tar
Craig Blundell / Drums
Hugo Degenhardt / Drums
Nick D’Virgilio / Drums
