As the band’s latest single “Native Son” continues to impact radio, ALTER BRIDGE releases a lyric video for their original song “Last Rites” from the upcoming EP “Walk The Sky 2.0.” The video uses a dark and mystical aesthetic utilizing a fortune teller making a prediction based on the song’s lyrics. The song was born from an idea that band-members Myles Kennedy, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips began sharing after the cancellation of their entire 2020 touring schedule and written, recorded and completed entirely during the Covid-19 lockdown. “Last Rites” is available on all streaming partners and the lyric video can be seen below.
Since the band announced the cancellation of its entire 2020 touring schedule, ALTER BRIDGE has taken time to do what they are known best for — creating. Never a band to take a lot of personal time off, the band reviewed live recordings from their shows in January/February 2020 to pick a few of its live favorites of songs from its latest album, “Walk The Sky”. This led band-members Myles Kennedy, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips to begin sharing ideas for a new studio song. Those collective ideas would yield an original track titled “Last Rites” — a track written, recorded and completed entirely during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The final version of “Last Rites”, along with live versions of “Wouldn’t You Rather”, “Pay No Mind”, “Native Son”, “Godspeed”, “In The Deep” and “Dying Light”, will form a new seven-song EP, “Walk The Sky 2.0”, out November 6 via Napalm Records.
In other news, ALTER BRIDGE‘s official music video for the latest single from “Walk The Sky”, titled “Native Son”, which has racked up over five million worldwide streams to date, and is currently impacting at radio. The Stefano Bertelli – created clip — an animated short created completely using stop-animation techniques and incorporating origami to create a unique visual effect — starts by following a dark figure set in a prairie farmland setting. The viewer finds the character struggling to survive as that backdrop then morphs and gives way to industrialization and a city overtaking the original landscape. The visuals echo the lyrical sentiment: “I’m a native son in a foreign land. I’m just living in a world I can’t understand.”
“Walk The Sky 2.0” track listing:
1. Last Rites
2. Wouldn’t You Rather (Live)
3. Pay No Mind (Live)
4. Native Son (Live)
5. Godspeed (Live)
6. In The Deep (Live)
7. Dying Light (Live)
“Walk The Sky 2.0” will be available in the following formats:
- Jewelcase CD
- Jewelcase CD + Shirt (Napalm Records Mailorder only, ex-North America)
- Cream Vinyl LP Gatefold
- Inkspot Yellow/Black Marbled Vinyl LP Gatefold (Napalm Records Mailorder only, limited to 150 copies in North America)
- 2-CD Earbook [+Walk The Sky] (Napalm Records Mailorder only, limited to 300 copies)
- Digital Album [+Walk The Sky]
- Inkspot Yellow/Black Marbled Vinyl LP Gatefold
All versions of “Walk The Sky 2.0” can be ordered here.
