Black Stone Cherry Announce New Album Screamin’ At The Sky
Written by Monty Sewell on May 10, 2023
Screamin’ At The Sky’ Dropping This September
Black Stone Cherry’s 8th studio album will be released on 29th September this year via Mascot Records. ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’ sees the Southern hard rockers take on a new era with the first studio recordings with new bassist Steve Jewell in the ranks. Chris Robertson (vocals, guitar), Ben Wells (guitar) and John Fred Youngs (drums) formed BSC just over 20 years ago but this new edition seems to have only spurred the band on into heavier territory since their last album release, ‘The Human Condition’ in 2020. Singles from ‘Screamin’ At The SKy’ ‘Out Of Pocket’ and – just dropped – ‘Nervous’ are both fist pumpingly good. Heavy set guitar riffs that both engorge and excite, the guys seem to be setting a slight darker tone within their music for the impending release.
The music video for ‘Nervous’ (as seen below) features a riled up Robertson and a apocalyptic theme throughout with the band getting quite a literal beating. Commenting on the video the band stated the following: “Filming the video for Nervous was an amazing experience, like being on a movie set! We spent the day in an old paint factory-turned-production studio that had all of these amazing sets for TV and movies. The actor, Mateo Palmitier, did an amazing job as the lead character and it was such a cool experience seeing all of these visions come to life thanks to our director, Kyle Loftus and his incredible team. We love how the video will go between our performance, a great story line, and some killer visuals!”
Earlier this year BSC came over to the UK on a duel headliner arena tour with The Darkness. The perfect combination of grandiose showmanship and huge, roaring hard rock numbers pouring out at every turn they left fans with a quenched thirst for more. The band continue to tour the US as we await dates to be dropped, most likely after September.
Track listing for Screamin’ At The Sky:
01. Out Of Pocket
02. Screamin’ At The Sky
03. Nervous
04. When The Pain Comes
05. Show Me What It Feels Like
06. R.O.A.R.
07. Smile, World
08. The Mess You Made
09. Who Are You Today?
10. Not Afraid
11. Here’s To The Hopeless
12. You Can Have It All