RELEASE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIXTEEN YEARS
THE PRELUDE IMPLICIT
AVAILABLE NOW
PURCHASE IT HERE
LISTEN TO NEW SONGS “WITH THIS HEART” AND
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH
TO TOUR IN CELEBRATION OF
THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM
LEFTOVERTURE
SEXTUPLE PLATINUM ALBUM TO BE PERFORMED
IN IT’S ENTIRETY
“The sound of The Prelude Implicit is vintage Kansas, flaunting intricate, orchestrated
arrangements, tricky time signatures, sweeping melodies and rich harmonics”.
– Billboard
“Listening to The Prelude Implicit, you hear echoes of everything that Kansas has been – the
heartland prog-rock group, the rowdy bar band, the group with the chart hits, the hard-edged
version from the late Eighties”
– Rolling Stone
“There is not a clunker, or any filler anywhere…A band that has been without new tunes
for over a decade and a half is now changing things up and rediscovering themselves…
and they are a force to be reckoned with.”
– Classic Rock Revisited
“The Prelude Implicit is a grand statement, perhaps the grandest Kansas has made in the last
thirty five years. It is the sound of a band comfortable with all the facets of it’s past, yet excited
about the new possibilities of the future;
But above all, it is a triumph.”
– Sentinel Daily
Legendary rock band, Kansas, have officially released their highly anticipated new album The Prelude Implicit, today through Inside Out Music! The album is now available for purchase in stores and online at Best Buy, Amazon, Apple Music, Wal-Mart, Spotify and Independent Record Shops. Links to retailers can be found below:
Amazon – http://amzn.to/2cWwNRp
Best Buy – http://bit.ly/2da7bBI
iTunes/Apple Music – http://apple.co/2aSjBQc
Wal-Mart – http://bit.ly/2d2Fgog
Independent Record Shops – http://recordstoreday.com/Stores
Spotify – http://spoti.fi/2b0Oi3j
Google Play http://bit.ly/2asRFhn
They have released two new songs from the album, both of which are being regarded as “essential Kansas”. Fans can stream “With This Heart” with Billboard, here: http://goo.gl/9uYSkM and “Visibility Zero” with Rolling Stone, here: http://goo.gl/Z1E7Cq
Both songs are also now available for purchase and streaming through iTunes, AmazonMP3, Spotify, and Google Play.
The Prelude Implicit is the first new album release in 16 years for the band that has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and is famous for classic hits such as ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ and ‘Dust In the Wind,’ to progressive epics like ‘Song for America’ and ‘Miracles Out of Nowhere.’ The album will be available on CD, double 180 Gram Vinyl and digitally on iTunes and Google Play.
Fans can order now by visiting Kansasband.com and on Amazon.com.
The Prelude Implicit features 10 all new tracks written by the band and co-produced by Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, and Richard Williams. KANSAS’s signature sound is evident throughout the album. It showcases Ronnie Platt’s soaring lead vocals, David Ragsdale’s blistering violin, Williams and Rizvi’s rocking guitar riffs, the unmistakable sound of David Manion’s B3 organ and keyboards, Ehart’s thundering drums, and Billy Greer’s driving bass and vocals.
KANSAS returned to the studio in January 2016 after signing with Inside Out Music. Says Inside Out founder and president Thomas Waber, “KANSAS is the biggest and most important Prog band to come out of the United States. I grew up listening to them, and their music is part of my DNA. ‘The Prelude Implicit’ undoubtedly adds to their already impressive musical legacy. I can’t stop listening to it, and we are proud to be releasing the album.”
The result of the time in the studio was even more than the band imagined. “This is definitely a KANSAS album,” remarks original guitarist Richard Williams. “Whether it is the trademark Prog epic like ‘The Voyage of Eight Eighteen,’ biting rocker such as ‘Rhythm in the Spirit,’ or mindful ballad like ‘The Unsung Heroes,’ there is something on this album for every kind of KANSAS fan. After years of pent-up creativity, the entire band is very proud of ‘The Prelude Implicit.'”
Lead Vocalist Ronnie Platt adds, “Recording ‘The Prelude Implicit’ was an incredible experience, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. It is my hope that, knowing the intense listeners that KANSAS fans are, the continuity yet diversity of this album will be pleasing to them.”
The album title, The Prelude Implicit means, “Without a doubt, this is a new musical beginning,” explains Ehart. Tattoo artist, Denise de la Cerda, did the oil painting of the front and back cover. “It shows a Phoenix flying from the past into the future.”
The Prelude Implicit Track Listing:
1.) With This Heart
2.) Visibility Zero
3.) The Unsung Heroes
4.) Rhythm in the Spirit
5.) Refugee
6.) The Voyage of Eight Eighteen
7.) Camouflage
8.) Summer
9.) Crowded Isolation
10.) Section 60
KANSAS will be debuting songs off The Prelude Implicit this fall, live in concert, as part of their Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour. More information on the tour, including tour dates, can be found below and at www.kansasband.com.
DATE CITY/STATE VENUE
September 30 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center
October 1 Philadelphia, PA Merriam Theater
October 5 Wilmington, NC CFCC Wilson Center
October 7 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Symphony Hall
October 8 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
October 15 Dallas, TX Majestic Theater
October 21 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
October 22 Kansas City, MO Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
October 27 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
October 28 Detroit, MI Sound Board at MotorCity Casino
October 30 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
November 1 Akron, OH Goodyear Theatre
November 3 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
November 4 Chicago, IL Copernicus Center
November 6 Kalamazoo, MI The State Theatre
November 11 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
November 12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for Performing Arts
November 18 New Bedford, MA Zeiterion Theatre
November 19 Huntington, NY The Paramount
November 25 Baltimore, MD Modell PAC at the Lyric
November 26 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center
December 1 Daytona Beach, FL The Peabody Auditorium
For more information on KANSAS, The Prelude Implicit, and the Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour, please visit:
