Artist: BLACK STONE CHERRY
Album: THE HUMAN CONDITION SILVER VINYL (LP)

Release date: 30.10.2020
EAN/UPS: 0810020502466
Media type: LP

    With The Human Condition Black Stone Cherry returns to their rock roots
    BSC’s last five full-length albums hit No. 1 on the UK rock & metal charts, with their most recent album, ‘Family Tree’ debuting at #11 (highest ever) in Germany
    In just eleven years, BSC has grown from playing 200-capacity bars to headlining 12,000-capacity U.K. arenas, with many other territories catching up in the wake of such a phenomenal success story
    Black Stone Cherry has toured six continents, and has shared the stage with Alice Cooper, Alter Bridge, Halestorm, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Nickelback and many others
    Songs have over 200 million+ streams on Spotify, with 900K+ active monthly listeners
    Followers: 443K+ on Facebook, 85K+ on Instagram, 91K+ on Twitter and 147K+ on YouTube, along with 70 million+ streams on YouTube

As the world plummeted into the COVID-19 pandemic, the four members of Black Stone Cherry were nestled deep in the woods of Kentucky, to complete their 7th album. There, they could feel the disease closing in as they watched the news daily, and it became apparent the album they were finishing featured lyrics that were eerily prescient. The resulting 13-track record is broadly emotive, and anthemic. It was finished just before the global lockdown was imposed, and it’s aptly titled, The Human Condition.

“There was a real urgency and fear of the unknown during those sessions—it was a scary time,” recalls drummer, John Fred Young. “Every song on this album tells a story of the experiences we all go through—our happiness, our struggles, and how we have to adapt.” Sonically, The Human Condition is also one of BSC’s most visceral and hooky albums. Adds guitarist/vocalist Ben Wells: “With this one, we cranked up the amps, the drums are in your face, and there are some really heavy riffs. After 19 years and 7 albums, we wanted to prove that we still kick ass. This album feels like a rebirth.”

For the first time, the band opted to not record basics live and instead meticulously multitracked. Each member endured grueling sessions to ensure the collective studio mindset of  achieving “epic performances.” The results are stunning—the grooves feel organic, the riffs are mountainous, the performances are urgent, and the hooks shine through gloriously.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1 Ringin' In My Head
2 Again
3 Push Down & Turn
4 When Angels Learn To Fly
5 Live This Way
6 In Love With The Pain

7 The Chain
8 Ride
9 If My Heart Had Wings
10 Don't Bring Me Down
11 Some Stories
12 The Devil In Your Eyes
13 Keep On Keepin' On