Lightbringer

2x GRAMMY-nominated band Rival Sons have announced the release of their much-anticipated new album, Lightbringer, on October 20^th. It notably marks the group’s second full-length offering to be unveiled in 2023, following June’s critically acclaimed companion album Darkfighter. Today, Lightbringer is available for pre-order / pre-save August 18^th. The pre-order includes two vinyl variants – Fruit Punch and Lemonade – as well as a CD version.

About Lightbringer, guitarist Scott Holiday said, “When you do two albums back-to-back like this, there are a lot of things to think about. The first record has to pack enough of a punch and tell enough of a story for the second half to have an even bigger impact. We balanced them out with energy and meaning, but the follow-up always needed to deliver a bigger blow. I think Lightbringer provides this.”

Vocalist Jay Buchanan added, “Darkfighter is a new Rival Sons, and Lightbringer is the clear definition of what we are now. We broke ground on Darkfighter, but Lightbringer is a step beyond the personal innovation and exploration. It goes a little further. We really took everything into our own hands and pushed to see how far we could go. It was a self-exploration to see who we were and who we’ll be now. We had more friction and compromise than ever, because we isolated the bare essence of where we needed to go—and then we went there.”