In a brand new interview with Robert Cavuoto of Sonic Views, SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon provided an replace on the songwriting and recording periods for his long-in-the-works debut solo album. He mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “In two weeks, I fly again to Nashville to form of wrap up some stuff. I am working with Andrew Baylis. He is truly one among Jelly Roll‘s writers, one among his primary writers, and his entire staff, Michael Whitworth and another guys that I am gonna go down there and possibly do about three extra songs. And I’ve additionally been working with the [songwriting/publishing collective] 4 Horsemen [Music], Blair Daly and Zac Maloy — Zac from THE NIXONS. So I in all probability have about 20 songs. And in addition with my buddy [Daniel] Sahaj [Ticotin] from RA. And it is all nonetheless within the making.”

He continued: “I am simply form of taking my time. There’s a whole lot of label curiosity in my solo stuff, and it is actually cool. And I am simply gonna see what occurs after I am going to this subsequent run in Nashville. I’ve a few conferences with just a few totally different labels. So it is thrilling. However I am actually excited concerning the music and the avenue that it will take me down.”

Again in Could 2022, Lajon mentioned that his upcoming solo album would include “a number of songs” co-written with nation famous person Jimmie Allen.

Talking concerning the musical route of his solo materials, Lajon instructed the “Thunder Underground” podcast on the time: “It is obtained some heavy stuff, it is obtained some nation twang however soulful. It is a [collection] of simply every thing that I love to do musically.”

Relating to the potential of performing some solo exhibits in help of his upcoming album, Lajon mentioned: “Completely. I can not wait. Persons are already speaking about it. They’re already attempting to e-book me. I used to be gonna go on a few… not ShipRocked solo. One other ship requested me to do my solo factor, and I used to be gonna go on the market on the FOZZY boat too. So hopefully I am going to be capable of do a few of my solo stuff.”

In January 2021, Lajon launched a solo single, a canopy of British singer Jacob Banks‘s 2017 tune “Chainsmoking”.

In September 2020, Lajon instructed Speaking Metallic that engaged on his solo LP has been enjoyable. “I’ve not had any strain,” he mentioned. “It hasn’t been one thing that, ‘Oh, I’ve to do that.’ That is one thing I’ve performed by myself.

“I have been working with a really shut pal of mine, Sahaj, [who] is the lead singer from the band RA, which I feel lots of people on the market would know,” he continued. “[He’s] an unbelievable pal and artist, and we write properly collectively.”

Lajon acknowledged concerning the sound of his solo album: “It is rock. It is a bit of little bit of heavy, however I feel it lends extra in direction of a bluesy, soulful, extra radio pleasant… I am not saying SEVENDUST is not radio pleasant, however I feel that is extra of a radio pleasant… I do not know. It is so much, so much, a whole lot of melody. It is cool.”

Witherspoon launched the standalone solo single “Love Track” in 2017.

SEVENDUST will launch its fourteenth studio album, “Fact Killer”, on July 28 through the band’s new label residence, Napalm Data. The follow-up to 2020’s “Blood & Stone” was as soon as once more tracked at Studio Barbarosa in Gotha, Florida with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette, who has beforehand labored with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH, amongst others.