Walter Trout - Sign Of The Times

 

Walter Trout — Sign Of The Times

Limited edition colored vinyl LP

Great artists take the pulse of their times and Walter Trout holds a mirror up to society's anger and angst on Sign Of The Times, which will be released on September 5, 2025 via Provogue.

In his half-century as a street-level social observer and scaldingly honest songwriter, blues-rock's resilient icon Walter Trout has never told his fans what to think, how to feel, or where to stand politically. But in an era when his home nation — and the wider world — is ripping at the seams over the battlelines of modern life, the iconic US bluesman's hard-rocking new album, Sign Of The Times, is a primal scream and pressure valve for all of us.

The album explodes to life with the first single and opening song, "Artificial": a scornful, satirical, harmonica-spiced rebuke of the fake world we risk creating.

It feels like the amps have barely cooled from 2024's Broken, which debuted on Billboard at No. 1. But the era-chronicling songs from Sign Of The Times wouldn't wait, these urgent riffs flying off the guitarist's fingers, assisted once again by Marie, Walter's wife, manager and co-writer. Even by Trout's standards, Sign Of The Times is a record that puts you through the emotional wringer. But as long as there's poignant and relevant music, we have a fighting chance.

 

Side A

1. Artificial

2. Blood On My Pillow

3. Sign of the Times

4. Hurt No More

5. Too Bad

Side B

1. No Strings Attached

2. Mona Lisa Smile

3. Struggle To Believe

4. I Remember

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