Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has released a new track-by-track video in support of his upcoming new album, Shapeshifting, out on April 10 via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. Watch Joe discuss the track "Big Distortion" below:

In addition to the CD and standard black vinyl editions of Shapeshifting, the D2C store will offer an exclusive translucent blue colored, signed vinyl. Additional offerings will include stemless wine glasses, coffee mugs, koozies, crew socks, guitar picks and a t-shirt - all featuring Joe’s original artwork. Also available, an autographed CD via pre-order with Newbury Comics online retails store.

Pre-order the album here.

Shapeshifting was co-produced by Satriani and Jim Scott (Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) with longtime associate John Cuniberti on board handling the mastering duties. Satriani enlisted a wide range of collaborators, both old and new, to help him bring the songs to life. Legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty), bassist Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction) and keyboardist Eric Caudieux were the core musicians on the new album with additional contributions coming from Lisa Coleman (The Revolution) and Christopher Guest.

The retro feeling sounds of first single, “Nineteen Eighty” finds Satriani spiritually revisiting the time period when he was working with his first band, the Squares. The future guitar hero the world came to know less than a decade later, would have to wait. He recalls that in those early days, they “dialed back the guitar solos and histrionics to try to create a cooler new wave vibe.” Decades removed from those goals, he was free to go forward and attempt to recapture what was on his mind in 1980.

Staying true to the sounds of the time, he even used a vintage MXR EVH phaser. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen,” Satriani says. “In my mind, he just crystallized that era. The late ‘70s and early ‘80s, he kind of saved rock guitar. So that’s what I would have been doing.”

Tracklisting:

"Shapeshifting"
"Big Distortion"
"All For Love"
"Ali Farka, Dick Dale, An Alien And Me"
"Teardrops"
"Perfect Dust"
"Nineteen Eighty"
"All My Friends Are Here"
"Spirits, Ghosts And Outlaws"
"Falling Stars"
"Waiting"
"Here The Blue River"
"Yesterday’s Yesterday"

"Big Distortion" visualizer:

“Nineteen Eighty” video:

Satriani has announced the postponement of the first leg of his European Shapeshifting Tour. Rescheduled dates for 2021 are as follows:
 
April
9 - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus Zurich
10 - Winterbach, Germany - Salierhalle
12 - Aarhus, Denmark - Train
13 - Odense, Denmark - Posten
14 -  Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
15 - Stockholm, Sweden - Fryshuset
16 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
18 - Mainz, Germany - Rheingoldhalle
19 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys
20 - Numberg, Germany - Löwensaal
21 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Tollhaus
23 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma Borgerhout
24 - Enschede, Netherlands - Muziekcentrum Enschede
25 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
26 - Heerlen, Netherlands - RABOzaal Heerlen
27 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
30 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Symphony Hall
 
May
1 - Bexhill, UK - Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
2 - Manchester, UK - Bridgewater Hall
4 - London, UK - Palladium
5 - Gateshead, UK - Sage
6 - Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy

(Photo - Joseph Cultice)