Great artists take the pulse of their times and Walter Trout holds a mirror up to society's anger and angst on Sign Of The Times, which will be released on 5 September via Provogue.

In his half-century as a street-level social observer and scaldingly honest songwriter, blues-rock's resilient icon Walter Trout has never told his fans what to think, how to feel, or where to stand politically. But in an era when his home nation – and the wider world – is ripping at the seams over the battlelines of modern life, the iconic US bluesman's hard-rocking new album, Sign Of The Times, is a primal scream and pressure valve for all of us.

The album explodes to life with the first single and opening song, Artificial: a scornful, satirical, harmonica-spiced rebuke of the fake world we risk creating.

It feels like the amps have barely cooled from 2024's Broken, which debuted on Billboard at #1. But the era-chronicling songs from Sign Of The Times wouldn't wait, these urgent riffs flying off the guitarist's fingers, assisted once again by Marie, Walter's wife, manager and co-writer. Even by Trout’s standards, Sign Of The Times is a record that puts you through the emotional wringer. But as long as there’s poignant and relevant music, we have a fighting chance.

CD:

1. Artificial
2. Blood On My Pillow
3. Sign of the Times
4. Mona Lisa Smile
5. Hurt No More
6. No Strings Attached
7. I Remember
8. Hightech Woman (CD/Digital only track)
9. Too Bad
10. Struggle To Believe

A1. Artificial
A2. Blood On My Pillow
A3. Sign of the Times
A4. Hurt No More
A5. Too Bad

B1. No Strings Attached
B2. Mona Lisa Smile
B3. Struggle To Believe
B4. I Remember