Sign Of The Times

Description

Great artists take the pulse of their times. Over the course of his half-century of existence as a social observer of the street and a songwriter of searing honesty, Walter Trout, the resilient blues-rock icon, has never told his fans what they should think, what they should feel, where they should stand politically or what they should write on their protest signs.
But at a time when his home country - and the whole world - is tearing itself apart along the front lines of modern life, the new album by iconic American bluesman, « Sign Of The Times », becomes much harder in its lyrics and in its sound. It is the primal scream and pressure valve we all desperately need. « I wanted to convey the anger and anguish that reign in the world », explains the 74-year-old artist. "For me, writing these songs is therapy. They are not only about what is happening in the world, but also about how it affects you in your head. The title Sign Of The Times came naturally..."