Steve Vai announce new album ‘Inviolate’

STEVE VAI has announced a new album!

Titled Inviolate, the upcoming album from the iconic hard rock guitarist is the follow-up to 2016’s Modern Primitive, and is scheduled to be released in January next year, via Favored Nations/Mascot Label Group.

“It’s very ‘Vai,’ whatever that means,” he says, and then laughs when discussing the upcoming album. “Someone else might be better than me at explaining what that is. But it’s just very honest music. Because a lot of my records, they’re long and there’s a lot of concepts and playing around with stories. This one has none of that. This is nine pretty dense all-instrumental compositions that I wanted to capture and record so I could get out there and play them live for people. An inviolate inspiration is one that comes to you completely pure. It appears almost in its completeness, and there’s a recognition of it as being right for you – perfectly right for you. There’s no excuses in it. There’s no fantasy in it. There’s just a recognition of ‘yes.’ And then you capture that in a way that’s authentic to your unique creativity. Hopefully, that’s what I’ve done with this record.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, Vai has released a brand new song from the upcoming album; Little Pretty.

Listen to Little Pretty here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Teeth Of The Hydra
2. Zeus In Chains
3. Little Pretty
4. Candlepower
5. Apollo In Color
6. Avalancha
7. Greenish Blues
8. Knappsack
9. Sandman Cloud Mist

Inviolate is set for release on January 28th via Favored Nations/Mascot Label Group. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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