PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal
It’s been a long six month wait for me to review some new material from Adelaide, Australia chanteuse, Orianthi.
That was ‘Some Kind Of Feeling’ last November, which is also the title of a 2025 studio album to be released on a digital format on June 27th, CD on August 15th and vinyl on September 19th via Woodward Avenue Records.
Her new single, ‘Attention’, also on the new album is Country Rock with added bite. A honey drenched lead vocal is delivered with a heartache vibe from a troubled relationship. These four minutes become more potent when the full on choruses fire in, followed by a precisely picked guitar solo from Orianthi.
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 “Attention,” are produced by Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley (Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor).
Though the lyrics of Orianthi’s latest fiery, kick-ass single “Attention,” exposes an annoying ex-lover’s habit of drunk texting to rile up her cooled passions, its title, on a deeper level makes us think about the kind of attention we’ve been paying to the singer/songwriter and virtuoso electric guitarist over the past 20 years. 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.
Equal “Attention” should also be paid to her success as an artist in her own right, starting with her Top 20 Billboard pop hit “According to You” and gold-selling Geffen album Believe, released in 2009. While playing with legends over the years, she’s continued to build her discography with numerous albums on different labels.
Penned by Orianthi, Don Miggs and Gregory Hanson, “Attention” is a classic styled power rocker that marks her second track produced and mixed by the legendary Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley, whose surreally extensive resume includes Bonamassa, Journey, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater and countless artists from his home country of South Africa and his later adopted home of Australia.
A pre-order link for the Some Kind Of Feeling album is here :- https://orcd.co/OrianthiSKOF.
Orianthi website :- http://orianthi.me
Album Track Listing
1. Attention (3:48)
2. Some Kind of Feeling (4:44)
3. What I’ve Been Looking For (5:15)
4. Sharp Dressed Man (2:46)
5. Ghost (3:29)
6. First Time Blues (feat. Joe Bonamassa) (3:48)
7. Dark Days Are Gone (3:43)
8. Bad For Each Other (3:12)
9. Call You Mine (3:56)
10. Heaven Right Here (4:12)
ATTENTION
Orianthi – Guitar and lead vocal
Justin Andres – Bass, Nick Maybury – Guitars
Demian Arriaga – Drums, Carey Frank – Keyboards
Background Vocals – Sharlotte Gibson, Maiya Sykes and Allison Iraheta
Music and lyrics by Orianthi Panagaris, Don Miggs, and Gregory Hanson
Produced and mixed by Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley
ISRC code: US-VKM-25-00016
