Classix Nouveaux - Battle Cry (2023) [Full Album]

40 years after their last album ‘Secret’ was released in 1983, Classix Nouveaux are back with a brand new album entitled ‘Battle Cry’. Containing nine tracks including seven brand new compositions plus ‘Never Never Comes’ and ‘Interlude/Inside Outside’ which have been re-imagined for the 21st century. Featuring a very guitar-rock sound and also contains a couple of instrumentals which is something that the band used to do on their early albums.
In the words of lead singer Sal Solo, this is how the album came about:

“The reason this project came about after 40 years is really because of the fans. About 10 years ago,
some of the Classix fans were making Facebook pages but it didn’t really come to our attention until a couple of years back. We realised these people are really dedicated and decided to give them a kind of birthday present.

I said to the guys ‘Why don’t we do a recording together and surprise the fans?’ Everybody said yes and so we did a quick remake of one of our old songs “Inside Outside” and to our surprise everyone’s immediately talking about new material!

We’d never thought about doing new Classix material – we thought it was over years ago. After a few weeks of agonising, we suddenly realised we could be as we are now. In the light of our increased experience and the fact that our fans are mature as well, we decided we would just make the music that we like today.

It didn’t take a lot of persuasion to get everyone on board. It’s the original line-up from the first two albums – what people consider the ‘classic’ line-up. We’ve all been in other bands, but somehow, we’ve all just seemed to gravitate back to Classix Nouveaux. It feels like a natural home. We hadn’t been in touch for many, many years and so this album is really what’s brought us back together.”

Tracklist:
00:00 - Prelude / Fix Your Eyes Up
06:37 - Battle Cry
11:16 - Wretched
17:28 - Final Symphony
23:01 - No Do Overs
27:42 - Revelation Song
32:28 - Never Never Comes
36:35 - Interlude / Inside Out
41:59 - Colour Me The Sky

Label: Cherry Red – CDBRED891
Released: Nov 17, 2023

Credits:
Written-By – Classix Nouveaux
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Sal Solo
Backing Vocals – Gabrielle Santos*, Michael Reinhardt, Natalie Tilus, Ryan Betancourt
Bass – Mik Sweeney
Drums, Percussion – B.P. Hurding
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Gary Steadman
Artwork [Cover Art] – Caroline Kalberer
Liner Notes [Interview By] – Michael Silvester
Mixed By, Mastered By – Nick Watson
Producer, Liner Notes – Sal Solo
Project Manager [Project Coordination For Cherry Red By] – Danny Keene
Design – Ryan Betancourt