Duff McKagan has shared “Longfeather”, the brand new single from his eagerly awaited third solo album, “Lighthouse”, arriving all over the place on Friday, October 20. The music’s official music video, directed by Connor Ellmann, Kuj Durollari and Arben Durollari, might be seen beneath.

“‘Right this moment is an effective day to die’ refers to not a macabre craving for demise,” says McKagan, “however relatively a lust for all times and the discovered habits of an excellent and sincere each day striving. Longfeather was defending his residence. He could not maintain up ALL of the Western wave….however he did his every part to maintain his household secure. O Longfeather is gone. And O, Longfeather is residence. I see you. I see you. Thanks Longfeather for giving me hope and a strong place to face.”

“Lighthouse” can be obtainable in a number of variations, together with CD, deluxe CD with fold-out photograph print, cassette, normal black vinyl, and deluxe vinyl in a bunch of colours, every with lithographs, booklet, sticker, and guitar choose. Signed variations and unique retailer variations can be obtainable as nicely.

For greater than 40 years, McKagan has been an unstoppable inventive pressure, spanning a large number of bands, excursions, collaborations, and writings. Now, together with his long-awaited new solo album, “Lighthouse”, the veteran musician proves to be, at his coronary heart, a gifted singer-songwriter with a particular knack for authenticity and introspection.

In 2019, McKagan opened his personal recording studio, permitting him a long-hoped-for alternative to “lastly discover songs that I could have written the night time earlier than or a few of these outdated riffs from years in the past. It is a large deal for me.” He spent a lot of the subsequent two years working with longtime producer/collaborator Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Brandi Carlile),chipping away at a collection of intensely private new songs.

“Lighthouse” now marks the primary full-length assortment born in McKagan‘s studio. Songs like “Hope” (that includes veteran Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. and melodic lead guitar from Slash) and the philosophical “I Simply Do not Know” (that includes contributions from McKagan‘s longtime buddy, Jerry Cantrell of ALICE IN CHAINS) see McKagan baring extra of his creative spirit than ever earlier than, fusing acoustic components with hard-edged rock ‘n’ roll to land on the candy spot between soul-searching reflection and pure vitality. The 11-song assortment is additional highlighted by a further tackle the title observe, “Lighthouse (Reprise)”, joined by the one and solely Iggy Pop.

McKagan first unveiled his new music earlier this 12 months with “This Is The Music”, a three-song EP honoring Psychological Well being Consciousness Month alongside a name to motion on Propeller. The EP — which was met by vital applause in Rolling Stone, Consequence Of Sound, Loudwire and American Songwriter, to call just some — consists of the deeply shifting title observe, “This Is The Music”, joined by an official companion video streaming now on YouTube.

Beginning at simply 15, McKagan has been part of such various and influential bands as THE VAINS (1979),THE FASTBACKS (1980),THE LIVING (1982),THE FARTZ (1982),10 MINUTE WARNING (1983) and LOADED (1998),alongside, after all, together with his historic function as founding member of each GUNS N’ ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER. Produced by three-time Grammy Award winner Shooter Jennings, McKagan‘s 2019 second solo album, “Tenderness”, marked a strong new chapter for the ever-evolving artist, taking over societal ills and his personal private transgressions towards a wealthy sonic backdrop of Americana-fueled preparations. Named by Loudwire as one among that 12 months’s “50 Greatest Rock Albums” and hailed by Rolling Stone in a three-and-a-half (out of 4)-starred rave as “an album stuffed with magnificence and coronary heart…It is music of conscience, heavy songs with a light-weight contact,” the album consists of the unstable rocker “Chip Away”, which earned extraordinary reward from the maestro himself, Bob Dylan, who lately declared the music a private favourite.

“There is a Duff McKagan music referred to as ‘Chip Away’ that has profound which means for me,” Dylan instructed The Wall Road Journal. “It is a graphic music. Chip away, chip away, like Michelangelo, breaking apart strong marble stone to find the type of King David inside. He did not construct him from the bottom up, he chipped away the stone till he found the king. It is like my very own songwriting, I overwrite one thing, then I chip away strains and phrases till I get to the actual factor.”

Alongside together with his prolific musical efforts, McKagan is The New York Occasions best-selling creator of 2011’s “It is So Straightforward: And Different Lies” and 2015’s “How To Be A Man: (And Different Illusions)”, and the co-host (with Susan Holmes McKagan) of SiriusXM‘s well-liked “Three Chords & The Reality” radio present on Ozzy’s Boneyard (Ch. 38). McKagan at present serves as a core member of a modern-day “Wrecking Crew” alongside Grammy Award-winning musician/producer Andrew Watt and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS‘ Chad Smith, recording and co-writing on such current albums as Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Unusual Man” (2020) and two-time Grammy Award-winning “Affected person No. 9” (2022) and Iggy Pop‘s acclaimed “Each Loser” (2023). What’s extra, McKagan — with Watt, Smith, and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS‘ Josh Klinghoffer — is a part of the lately unveiled IGGY POP & THE LOSERS lineup, who made a high-profile televised debut earlier this 12 months with an electrifying efficiency of the feverish “Frenzy” on ABC‘s “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!”

“Lighthouse” observe itemizing:

01. Lighthouse
02. Longfeather
03. Holy Water
04. I Noticed God On tenth St
05. Fallen
06. Forgiveness
07. Simply One other Shakedown
08. Fallen Ones
09. Hope (feat. Slash)
10. I Simply Do not Know (feat. Jerry Cantrell)
11. Lighthouse (Reprise) (feat. Iggy Pop)

Photograph credit score: Connor Ellmann