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Alan Ovington's Album Review - 13 Jun 2024

Thursday, 13 June 2024 00:00

By John Dash

Invocation is the name of the exhilarating and highly anticipated brand-new 11-track album from slide guitar virtuoso Troy Redfern. There are elements of blues, glam, and hard rock but the result is a sound that is unmistakably his own.

Everything recorded is organic. No drum samples or studio trickery, just pure, unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll. Troy has proved time and time again that his cup of inspiration is overflowing. He has been writing and releasing albums at an unprecedented pace.

For Invocation, Troy headed to the west Wales coast with his trusty 1929 National Triolian resonator guitar for a week of solitude in a remote Sheppard’s hut to sketch the initial song ideas for the new album.

He says, “It was important for me to really clear my mind of all distractions so I could really focus on what I wanted to write on this album and the direction I wanted to take it in.

“I tried some unorthodox approaches to song writing that included meditation where I would imagine hearing a song in my mind, as complete as possible including visualising the performance live. Next, I would pick up the guitar and capture the idea on my phone. That way I wasn’t led by what I would usually do when I pick up the guitar. It was a very freeing, powerful experience, and a discipline that I’ll use again to write more songs in the future."

Due to the streamlined process that Troy and producer Dave Marks employed on the previous album, Invocation was written, recorded, and mixed in just under six weeks.

Troy says, “It really was great to be able to realise and bring to fruition these songs as quickly as we did. It kept the ideas fresh and stopped them from becoming overworked and tired.”

* Alan Ovington's Rock Zone can be heard 7-9pm every Wednesday on 103.6FM Tameside Radio (repeated Friday 9-11pm) and On Demand at tamesideradio.com. More rock news at therockzone.net. Twitter @tamesiderock

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