Erja Lyytinen
Erja Lyytinen Announces New Album ‘Waiting For The Daylight’
To Release October 7, 2022
Shares New Single “Bad Seed”
Finnish blues-rock slide guitarist and singer-songwriter Erja Lyytinen will release her ninth studio album Waiting for the Daylight on Tuohi Records on Friday October 7th 2022. Featuring nine original songs, the highly anticipated new album is available to pre-order here.
The first single from the album “Bad Seed” is released on Wednesday June 29, 2022.
With a profound blues-infused 70s rock influence, the European Blues Award winner, Erja Lyytinen has arrived with a rocking new single. Strong vocals lead up to her inspired guitar riffs, backed by a tight rhythm section. This is Lyytinen as her most raw and authentic and it all works to her benefit in the best ways.
Watch “Bad Seed”
Stream the single here
For musicians, the last two years have been a period of reflection and soul searching. Would live music ever be able to return to the way it was pre-pandemic? Artists and music fans alike waited for that glimmer of hope and the return of some semblance of normalcy. Written largely during the pandemic era Erja Lyytinen’s new studio album Waiting For The Daylight captures the experience.
As with the gifted guitarist’s last two studio albums, Stolen Hearts, and Another World, Lyytinen continues to explore themes such as love, loss, heartbreak, and sometimes even revenge. Events transpiring around the world occasionally fed into the storyboard of Lyytinen’s song writing.
The album was recorded during the first half of 2022, between Erja’s hectic touring schedule, with the bulk of the sessions taking place at The Hollywood House in Helsinki, Finland. Lyytinen was joined in the studio by long-standing bass player Tatu Back and drummer Iiro Laitinen. Having played on every one of Lyytinen’s albums since 2008, Harri Taittonen is featured once again on Hammond B3 and keyboards.
Waiting For The Daylight illustrates a new chapter in Erja’s musical and artistic trajectory. The album was produced by Lyytinen herself. Subsequently, Erja simultaneously explored sounds on the periphery of the blues-rock genre. She fearlessly pushed herself and the band further than previously before.
During her formative years, Erja was schooled on the sounds of the 60s and 70s by her mother, and with her latest offering, she pays homage to rock greats such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Uriah Heap. With its heavy groove, atmospheric textures, and passionate delivery, Waiting for the Daylight salutes the past greats but with Erja’s own inimitable style. The song “Waiting For The Daylight” also features perhaps one of the artist’s most mesmerizing and emotive solos to date. Lyytinen further showcases her chops during the album’s hook-laden opening number and lead single, “Bad Seed.”
For Erja and her fans alike, the new studio album and her return to touring the UK is worth the wait.
TRACK LISTING
Bad Seed (5:13)
Last Girl (5:28)
Run Away (5:00)
Waiting For The Daylight (6:12)
Never Really Had You (5:15)
Diamonds On The Road (4:25)
You Talk Dirty (6:17)
Love Bites (3:58)
The End of Music (6:55)
LINE-UP
Erja Lyytinen – Vocals, Guitars, Violin, Keyboards
Harri Taittonen – Keyboards, Hammond
Tatu Back – Bass
Iiro Laitinen – Drums
Recorded and mixed by Matias Kiiveri at Hollywood House in Helsinki Finland 2022
Mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers
Produced by Erja Lyytinen
Executive producer Erja Lyytinen for Bluesland Productions
Erja Lyytinen website
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