Just shy of 20 years after his 2002 album Degradation Trip, Alice In Chains vocalist and guitarist Jerry Cantrell is back with a new album titled Brighten due out October 29. Cantrell is now streaming the single "Atone", which he said has been hanging around in his head for a while.
"As a fan of Ennio Morricone scores and Sergio Leone movies, it’s got a bit of that outlaw vibe, with a cool psycho hillbilly stomp. It’s been kicking around in my head for like 20-plus years, haunting me. Sometimes it takes a while for a good idea to find its best form. Such was the case with 'Atone'."
Brighten features the following musicians outside Cantrell:
- Greg Puciato (The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan)
- Gil Sharone (Saudade, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan)
- Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses)
- Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Paul McCartney, etc.)
- Michael Rozon
- Vincent Jones (ex-The Grapes Of Wrath, etc.)
- Jordan Lewis
- Lola Bates
- Matias Ambrogi-Torres
"It was like an old school seventies record where a multitude of musicians played. So it’s not a set band," said Cantrell of the lineup. "I got to make music with a bunch of people I never had before, along with friends like Duff, Tyler, and Gil who I’ve worked with previously."
