Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators) - 4 [2LP/ Black or Ltd Ed Purple Vinyl] (RSD 2022)

It's been a decade since Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators released their debut album together, and since then have been on one of the more impressive and unrelenting tears in rock 'n' roll, issuing two more hard-hitting, highly acclaimed records, and rocking stages all over the world. Enter 4, the Dave Cobb-produced highly anticipated studio effort from SMKC. True to the band's expanding legacy, it's everything you've come to expect from Slash, Myles Kennedy, Todd Kerns (bass), Brent Fitz (drums) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar)... but also unlike anything you've heard from them yet. This time out, Slash says, they captured a certain "magic" - the sound of five musicians and band mates listening to and playing off one another in the spirit of live, in-the-moment collaboration. "It has a very spontaneous, fun kind of thing to it, and I love that," Slash says of 4. "It's the sound of the five of us just jamming together in one room."