Long Beach's Rival Sons are poised to make their long-awaited return early next year with new studio album Feral Roots, and an extensive worldwide tour. It will be the band's first release since 2016's Hollow Bones - the biggest gap between albums since the group's inception in 2009.

They weren't idle in that time, with a high profile support slot on Black Sabbath's mammoth 'The End' final tour taking up a good chunk of the intervening years and, while such a prestigious gig will have certainly brought them to wider attention, their existing fanbase will be delighted the band are finally back.

The four piece - frontman Jay Buchanan, guitarist Scott Holiday, bass player Dave Beste and drummer Mike Miley - last week released the acoustic based title track from the new record. Opening with folk-style guitar and smoky vocals by Buchanan, it quickly opens into an arching chorus.

Feral Roots will be the groups first album on Low Country Sound - a Warner Music Group label run by longtime producer Dave Cobb. They signed to the new label earlier this year after four albums on Earache Records. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and Muscle Shoals, Alabama and will be released on January 25th 2019.

The new single follows the first release from the record, 'Do Your Worst' which dropped back in September.

Rival Sons will support the new record with a huge tour, including their first full North American headline trek, and plenty of dates in the UK and Europe as well. These kick off in Newcastle on January 31st, with dates in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and London preceding their dates on the continent.

Rival Sons European Tour Dates 2019:

Jan 31: Newcastle Northumbria Institute, UK

Feb 01: Glasgow Barrowland, UK

Feb 02: Manchester Academy, UK

Feb 04: Leeds O2 Academy, UK

Feb 05: Birmingham O2 Academy, UK

Feb 06: London Roundhouse, UK

Feb 08: Rouen 106, France

Feb 09: Paris Bataclan, France

Feb 10: La Rochelle Le Sirene, France

Feb 12: Luxembourg Rockhal, Luxembourg

Feb 13: Zurich Volkshaus, Switzerland

Feb 14: Parma Campus Music Industry, Itlay

Feb 16: Vienna Ottakringer Brauerei, Austria

Feb 17: Munich Backstage Werk, Germany

Feb 18: Frankfurt Batschkapp, Germany

Feb 20: Prague Roxy, Czech Republic

Feb 21: Warsaw Stodola, Poland

Feb 22: Berlin Huxleys, Germany

Feb 24: Cologne Essigfabrik, Germany

Feb 25: Lyon Le Transbordeur, France

Feb 27: Antwerp Trix, Belgium

Feb 28: Amsterdam Melkweg, Netherlands

Mar 01: Hamburg Grosse Freiheit, Germany

Mar 03: Oslo Sentrum Scene, Norway

Mar 04: Stockholm Munchenbryggeriet, Sweden

Mar 05: Copenhagen Vega, Denmark

For UK tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Rival-Sons-tickets/artist/1372503?irgwc=1&utm_term=431519&utm_source=221109&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1136448&utm_content=7559&clickId=1WwVLGSf8y3d1-VS4wUPRxUmUkgW2HSj2zn5Sc0

Feral Roots Tracklisting:

1. 1. Do Your Worst
2. 2. Sugar on the Bone
3. 3. Back in the Woods
4. 4. Look Away
5. 5. Feral Roots
6. 6. Too Bad
7. 7. Stood By Me
8. 8. Imperial Joy
9. 9. All Directions
10. 10. End of Forever
11. 11. Shooting Stars

For more info: https://www.rivalsons.com/

Pre-order the album here: https://lnk.to/feralroots

Author: Cameron Arndt

Cameron Arndt is a musician and freelance writer from Glasgow, Scotland. He writes for his own music review website (www.rockandrolltraffic.com) and also contributes to Music Talkers.