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Saxon Announce New Record ‘Inspirations’

Written by Johnson Stephen on December 11, 2020

saxon new lp Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of Covers with their latest album ‘Inspirations’, which has 11 tracks and features some of the Classic Rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.

Set for release on March 19^th2021 via Silver Lining Music, ‘Inspirations’ gets things rolling with the release of Saxon’s crunching take on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It Black’.

Biff Byford comments: ”Loved this band since I first saw them and heard them. I liked the Beatles, but the Stones appealed to my rebel side; their iconic look… so many great songs, such a great attitude in the music!.”

The release of ‘Paint It Black’ is also accompanied by a behind-the-scenes video which was filmed during the band’s recording session earlier in the year. Watch/Listen to the track here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h4LdiM4C8w&feature=youtu.be

‘Inspirations’ was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshire’s impressionist artists – the Staithes Group.

For Byford, recording ‘Inspirations’ all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project. ”The warmth and feel of Inspirations had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it ‘old-school’ style” Byford explains before adding ”This is how many bands back in the day-including some of the ones covered here-made such great albums, so it just felt really good to be able to do this somewhere like Brockfield Hall. We wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do” Byford continues ”And it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven’t sung many of these songs before.”

The results speak for themselves.

Saxon’s ‘Inspirations’ is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited edition D2C products; to Pre-Order go to https://smarturl.it/SAXONINSPIRATIONS

Track Listing:
1.Paint It Black
2.Immigrant Song
3.Paperback Writer
4.Evil Woman
5.Stone Free
6.Bomber
7.Speed King
8.The Rocker
9.Hold The Line
10.Problem Child
11.See My Friends