“Surprise! We have one more song to gift to you before you can hear our new album ‘Wrong Side Of Paradise’ in full from 20th January!,” says the band on social media. “Our new single ‘Catch Yourself On’ is out now as a big thank you to all who have supported us!”
“‘Catch Yourself On’ is a phrase often used in my home country of Northern Ireland, it’s used to tell someone to ‘stop being ridiculous’ or ‘to get real’,” adds Ricky Warwick. “We’re sadly becoming slaves to technology and social media (guilty as charged). We don’t think twice about sharing our inner most feelings and thoughts with a world of strangers… We seem to be losing the ability to think for ourselves. Technology is controlling us, instead we should be controlling technology. It feels like it’s already surpassing human interaction."
“Wrong Side Of Paradise” features the lineup of Warwick, bassist Robert Crane, guitarist Christian Martucci and drummer Zak St. John, and marks the group’s first studio set since the 2021 departure of guitarist Scott Gorham, who led the band through a transition from Thin Lizzy to Black Star Riders in 2012.
In addition to the new record, Black Star Riders will mark its release on a 10th anniversary UK tour in February; the series will feature new guitarist Sam Wood in the lineup following the departure of Martucci earlier this year, and appearances by former bandmates Gorham and Jimmy Degrasso.
Get your copies of the preview tracks here.
Black Star Riders
“Wrong Side Of Paradise”
Release date: January 20
01. Wrong Side Of Paradise
02. Hustle
03. Better Than Saturday Night
04. Riding Out The Storm
05. Pay Dirt
06. Catch Yourself On
07. Crazy Horses
08. Burning Rome
09. Don't Let The World
10. Green And Troubled Land
11. This Life Will Be The Death Of Me
See also:
Black Star Riders stream video for new single Riding Out The Storm
Black Star Riders welcome new guitarist Sam Wood
Thin Lizzy announce expanded Live And Dangerous reissue
Black Star Riders release cover of the 1972 Osmonds hit Crazy Horses
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