EXPERIMENTAL FUSION MASTERS TRIFECTA RELEASE THEIR NEW SINGLE ‘ONCE AROUND THE SUN WITH YOU’ FEATURING ALEX LIFESON
10th April 2024The collaboration of singer-songwriter Nick Beggs, keyboardist extraordinaire Adam Holzman, and internationally renowned drummer Craig Blundell combine Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock with a dash of English wit.
The new single from experimental fusion trio Trifecta is out now on streaming/download platforms. Titled ‘Once Around The Sun With You’, the track is the third single to be taken from the band’s new album The New Normal, set for release on 12 April on Kscope (The Pineapple Thief, Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree). Speaking on the track, lyricist and singer Nick Beggs shared, “Once Around the Sun with You is an anniversary song written for my wife in commemoration of all the years she’s put up with me. Need I say more? The Woman is a saint.”Joining the trio of masterful musos on the new single with the additional guitar is Alex Lifeson (Envy of None / Rush). Speaking on the collaboration with Alex Lifeson, Beggs said “Our history with Alex Lifeson goes back quite a few years to when Rush invited a number of artists to rerecord an anniversary version of their classic album 2112. Steven Wilson and band rattled off a version of The Twilight Zone one afternoon during sound check which was included on the final release. I also invited Alex to play guitars on the Mute Gods’ song One Day so I guess it was only a question of time before he was asked to contribute to Trifecta too. I don’t like to bug him too much but if it’s a song I think he’ll enjoy I’ll inevitably send him a demo to gauge his response. He instantly related to Once Around The Sun and added some wonderful guitar colour to the track.”
Stream/download “One Around the Sun With You” here
It is often said that the greatest musical groups are the ones with the right mixture of ideas, talent, and chemistry. These are things Trifecta has in abundance. It is, of course, no secret that the three members – keyboardist Adam Holzman, bassist/Chapman Stick mastermind Nick Beggs, and drummer Craig Blundell – have spent their most recent years touring some of the world’s biggest stages as part of many bands including with Steven Wilson. So when they decided to form a largely instrumental offshoot as a trio, eventually writing and releasing 2021’s Fragments debut, they were already off to a head start, with a tangible sense of creative familiarity that had been stunning audiences in every corner of the globe.
For listeners seeking to escape the confines of the normal world, ‘The New Normal’ will enable a window into vistas in a multitude of sonics and in concepts. By combining elements of Progressive Rock, and Jazz Fusion all with a dash of typical English wit the band brings the listener into a world where sound is malleable, time is a mere concept and vegetables have otherworldly properties like the ‘Stroboscopic Fennel’.
Pre-orders for The New Normal (12 April) are available here: https://TrifectaKscope.lnk.to/The_New_Normal
Elsewhere on the album, Theo Travis (Steven Wilson) provides saxophone for the insectoid grooves of ‘Daddy Long Legs’, alongside John Paul Jones’ very chapman stick from 1979 that was sent to Nick and used to record ‘The New Normal’. The album was recorded in the Bermuda Triangle of normality that is Leighton Buzzard, Bedford and New York between 2019 and 2023, engineered by the band and mastered by Andy VanDette (Beastie Boys / Rush / Whitney Houston), adorned with artwork that was inspired by an original idea from Hajo Muller.
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Available on Limited edition white 2 LP / CD / 2 LP and digitally – with pre-orders available here: https://TrifectaKscope.lnk.to/The_New_Normal
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