Tesla Set To release Seventh Studio Album Posted By: David Priest, Editor In Chief August 11th, 2008
Multi-platinum rockers Tesla are looking well into the future with their seventh studio
album, Forever More, set for release
October 7 on Tesla Electric Company Recordings (in partnership with Ryko Distribution). "I Wanna Live", the new album's first single, is being serviced
to radio stations nationwide on August 18. The band's world tour will kick off
October 1 in For Forever
More, Tesla reunited with
producer Terry Thomas, who was behind the boards for the band's 1994
gold-certified Bust A
Nut album, and engineered by Michael Rosen who worked with Tesla on "Into The Now". Guitarist Frank Hannon explains, "We
started writing new songs for this album the first week of January, while
simultaneously planning a mid-West tour of "After returning from Europe,"
continues Frank, "we jumped right back into the studio to work on 'Forever More' with Terry while setting
up a tour of American festival shows in July and August, playing alongside
bands such as Matchbox TWENTY, The Wallflowers, Queensryche, KISS and Judas Priest. It's great that we can
play with any band, of any music genre, because we've never been pigeon-holed
into a style or label of music throughout our career". In describing the vibe of the new album, he
continues, "'Forever More' demonstrates this idea of writing songs in a
diverse fashion. The title track is one of our deeper cuts complete with heavy
lyrics, de-tuned riffs and acoustic interludes, while 'I Wanna
Live' is one of our more uplifting songs that bounces musically and delivers a
lyrical message that suggests living life to the fullest." The rest of the album takes a similar ride of
dynamic ups and downs with songs like "So What!", "Fallin' Apart", "Breakin'
Free", "The Game", "All Of
Me" and "The First Time". All the tracks on Forever More offer a variety of emotions where each song has its
own twist — not sounding like another. "Forever More"
was written and recorded during a period of high energy and bizarre life
circumstances for each of Tesla’s
band members, with those experiences coming full circle throughout the CD. Tesla’s DVD, Comin' Atcha Live! 2008
was released July 15. It's the band's first DVD in 17 years (since 1991's Five Man Video Band) and is filled with
over two hours of live music, special behind-the-scenes footage, their fans,
backstage, on stage and loose on the streets of Seattle. In addition, Tesla’s first double-disc collection of 32 of their best tracks and
collectibles, Gold, will be available
on August 26 on Geffen/Universal Music Enterprises, ranging from 1986 through
2007 and including their chart hits "Signs", "Love Song",
and "The Way It Is". |