MYLES KENNEDY (Slash, Alter Bridge) – The Art Of Letting Go (2024)

With two solo efforts under his belt and sold out headline tours in the rearview, frontman, instrumentalist, and one of rock’s finest vocalists, MYLES KENNEDY (Alter Bridge, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators), is guided by a sense of keenly honed intuition on his third full-length album, ”The Art of Letting Go”, out October 11, 2024 via Napalm Records.
The album follows 2021’s acclaimed The Ides of March, which notched a total of four #1 debuts across three countries, topping the US Top Current Hard Music Chart, the UK Official Rock & Metal Chart and Official Independent Album Chart, and Canada’s Hard Music Albums Chart.
Listing 10 punchy groovy rockin’ cuts, with ”The Art of Letting Go” confirms Myles Kennedy as a musical powerhouse.

On this latest solo album, that skyscraping voice, alternating from broody warning to unbridled celebration, continues to be an immediately identifiable calling card.
This time however, his generally overlooked guitar-playing talent is every bit as full frontal. On his previous two solo offerings, Myles understandably sought an alternative sound to the one that has shone so brightly on his seven albums with Alter Bridge.
This time, as the title suggests, he has simply gone for what feels right.

Thus, we have songs like the title-track, Mr Downside and Saving Face, all of which might conceivably have become Alter Bridge songs had the mood and timing been different. The latter sees Myles at his huge-chested best, planting sparkling vocal peaks over thunderous and eloquent guitar work; all his own. In Say What You Will, there are even subtle reminders of Alter Bridge classic Metalingus within the framework’s rumbling tumult and tension.

Above all, this is a mature album, one in which its creator assesses his place in the world and resolves to make the best of it. ‘What’s done is done, so let it be / Let solace come through melody,’ he emotes in Eternal Lullaby, an exquisite ballad that invites repeat plays.

There’s wisdom here that comes from being a successful artist in his 50s. Miss You When You’re Gone might be about a broken relationship but could just as easily be about a teenage daughter leaving for university.
Significantly, this is music that has the power to speak to you as an individual. It soothes as much as it rocks – and rest assured, it rocks harder than any previous Myles Kennedy solo album.
Highly Recommended

01 – The Art Of Letting Go
02 – Say What You Will
03 – Mr. Downside
04 – Miss You When You’re Gone
05 – Behind The Veil
06 – Saving Face
07 – Eternal Lullaby
08 – Nothing More To Gain
09 – Dead To Rights
10 – How The Story Ends

Vocals, Guitar: Myles Kennedy
Drums and Percussion: Zia Uddin
Bass: Tim Tournier

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