Critically acclaimed guitarist and singer Orianthi will release her new single “Dark Days Are Gone” on Thursday October 16th. This is the fifth single taken from her critically acclaimed studio album Some Kind Of Feeling. Released by Woodward Avenue Records, the album is available on CD, vinyl, and digital.
Orianthi produced three songs from the new album including “First Time Blues,” “Ghost,” and “Bad For Each Other.” The remaining seven songs on the album, including the new single “Dark Days Are Gone,” are produced by Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley (Black Country Communion, Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa).
With a propulsive beat, Orianthi’s new single is the ultimate kiss-off song with ripping guitar, propulsive drums and a tight rhythm section. Orianthi’s guitar shredding rivals her powerful voice, as she sings about kicking someone out of her home and starting anew with someone else. Her band includes Justin Andres (bass,), Nick Maybury (guitar), Ed Roth (keyboards), Jimmy Paxson (drums).
Seems nothing can ever be written about the multi-talented veteran artist without mentioning her collaborations with Alice Cooper, Dave Stewart and Richie Sambora, and the fact that Michael Jackson hired her for his London performances the year of his untimely death.
Her success as an artist in her own right, started with her Top 20 Billboard pop hit “According to You” and gold-selling Geffen album Believe (2009). While playing with legends over the years, she’s continued to build her discography with numerous albums on different labels.
Her prolific streak of stylistically diverse singles released by Woodward Avenue Records – “First Time Blues” featuring Joe Bonamassa, “Ghost,” “Some Kind of Feeling,” and “Attention,” launches a fresh, adventurous new phase of her solo career, an era of exciting creativity and powerhouse rock and roll.
With every new single, Orianthi reminds us that she’s at the top of her game in every way, finding fresh, vulnerable yet attitude-filled musical stories to tell, and allowing us to experience the guitar chops that have made her a modern-day rock icon.
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“Fully living up to its emotion evoking title, Orianthi’s Woodward Avenue debut Some Kind of Feeling is seriously the edgy, blues-rock gift that keeps on giving. With the release of the speedy thumping, kick-ass, kiss-off funk rocker “Dark Days Are Gone,” the otherworldly Australian singer, songwriter and electric guitar virtuosa has released five powerhouse singles from the ten-track album – including her recent acclaimed track “Attention,” which achieved crossover love from country rock fans and tastemakers.
While it made sense with every other song to introduce it with Ori’s all-star rock associations and previous successes as a solo artist, “Dark Days are Gone” is produced by legendary fellow Aussie Kevin Shirley. It’s another showcase for Ori’s attitude-filled songwriting, exciting vocals, and sizzling guitar playing. The song thrives and grooves on the propulsive rhythms of bassist Justin Andres and drummer Jimmy Paxson. If your ears can isolate their vibe for a few seconds, you’ll hear it too – a hypnotic groove reminiscent of Golden Earring mid-70’s driving gem “Radar Love.”
Capturing the energetic determination of a woman about to tell a man she’s done with his BS and moving on, the intro to “Dark Days are Gone” is bouncy and buoyant and draws us into Ori’s guitar fire immediately before she relates the background of the relationship and shares how over time the darker reality of this lover is revealed. She gave him enough chances and after an intoxicating pre-chorus buildup, she’s ready to unleash her fire, with her crackling guitar harmony lines blazing.
It’s one of Ori’s trademark irresistibly emotional hooks, and one we can all relate to at some point or another: “Don’t’ leave the light on when you leave/Baby, lock the door, throw away the keys.” Leading up to the mention of the title, she drops the big bomb “’Cause my heart, it ain’t your home” and mentions, like oh yeah, by the way she’s found someone else (quickly, we presume) who loves her and “won’t make me feel alone.” Decades ago, Gloria Gaynor said she will survive, but Orianthi’s got a cleverer spin on how intensely things have changed right there in the title “Dark Days Are Gone.” Jonathan Wildran, Music Journalist
