New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Dave Kerzner, co-founder of the progressive rock group Sound of Contact, has released his second solo album "Static" with a physical CD version available in mid-October. "Static". The album is the follow up to his highly acclaimed debut album "
New World". Joining him are special guests Steve Hackett (Genesis), Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd), Nick D'Virgilio (Big Big Train), Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) and more in addition to his core group consisting of guitarists Fernando Perdomo and Randy McStine, fellow SOC band mate Matt Dorsey and drummer Derek Cintron.
"Static" is a "progressive rock opera" about the clutter and chaos in modern everyday life. It boldly navigates through subjects ranging from noise in our heads of ego, jealousy, technological distractions, substance abuse and narcissism to profiling the hypocritical and corrupt characters in politics, media and society today.
With a bit of dark humor, sarcasm and a retro-future dystopian view, with rich imaginative artwork created by Ed Unitsky, "Static" merges elements of a twisted Broadway musical with familiar vintage rock flavors like that of King Crimson's "Red" or Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." Other strong detectible influences include The Beatles, Queen,
Radiohead and Kerzner's late band mate from "Thud,"
Kevin Gilbert.
"I aim to bring forward some of my favorite qualities of classic rock and prog albums and blend it with something new that feels right today. " Says Kerzner "I like creating memorable songs that tell a story in a melodic musical way. This is what I love about the timeless rock albums in my collection and my goal is to contribute to other people's collections in the same way."
About working with Steve Hackett: "Having Steve Hackett guest on guitar again is a dream for me because I grew up listening to
Genesis and wanting to play with a guitarist as innovative and melodic as Steve. I also love these sort of cross-generation collaborations where we meet in the middle of modern and retro," says Kerzner.
Dave Kerzner and his band embarked on a US tour starting with headlining the ProgStock festival on October 14th in New Jersey where they performed all of the album "Static" live and then headed over to
Chicago for the Progtoberfest at Reggie's on October 20th. From there the Dave Kerzner Band and fellow American proggers District 97 continue on their "Static-Vaults Tour" playing in other cities around the East Coast. In February 2018, the Dave Kerzner Band will be performing on Yes's Cruise To The Edge for the third time with plans to do a short tour of
Europe in the Spring.
Dave Kerzner's "Static" is OUT NOW!
BIO:
Dave Kerzner is a singer, keyboardist, songwriter and producer from the US. He co-founded the Prog-award-winning rock group "Sound of Contact" with
Simon Collins, son of Phil Collins, in 2009 and over the years has worked with artists such as
Kevin Gilbert, Steve Hackett, Keith Emerson, Alan Parsons, Billy Sherwood, Jon Anderson, Steven Wilson, Joe Lynn Turner and more. His debut solo album "
New World" featured the song "
Stranded" which was nominated for "Anthem of the Year" in the 2015 Progressive
Music Awards and it featured Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd), Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Jason Scheff (Chicago). Kerzner has released both a standard 1 CD and deluxe 2 CD version of his concept album "
New World" as well as a live album and now a second studio album called "Static". He continues to write and record with Sound of Contact as well as other musical projects.
