MARK MORTON – Without The Pain – LP – Transparent Orange Vinyl [APR 11]

LP – Limited Edition Transparent Orange Vinyl.

Twenty-five years into a music career that has seen five Grammy nominations, two RIAAcertified Gold records and, most recently, the publication of Desolation: A Heavy MetalMemoir, an honest reflection on his life in music and beyond, Mark Mortons creativeenergy is at an all-time high.

Without The Pain, his second solo outing and a paean to his longstanding love of southernrock is produced by longtime collaborator Josh Wilbur, the album features a world class listof contributors, including some of Americana, rock and countrys biggest namesOutlaw country star Cody Jinks delivers two powerful songs, including the haunting Brother;Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr teams up with Americana superstar Jason Isbell onCome December, while Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three) delivers an attitude packedperformance on opening track, Hell & Back.

Meanwhile, country hitmaker Travis Denning a Georgia-born artist with a previous No. 1 onthe US country airplay chart collaborates on two moving numbers, both featuring subtleand delicate guitar textures that showcase a different dimension of Mortons songwriting.

Troy Sanders (Mastodon) steps up to sing Nocturnal Sun, a thunderous doom dirge and theheaviest track on the album, while blues guitar phenomenon Tyler Bryant teams up withMorton for a fireworks-filled guitar duel on throwback psychedelic blues romp, Forever InThe Light.

FOR FANS OF: Lamb of God, The Cadillac Three, Whiskey Myers, Travis Denning, Clutch,Brothers Osbourne, Blackberry Smoke, Black Stone Cherry, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tracklist:

1. Hell & Back (feat. JarenJohnston)
2. Brother (feat. Cody Jinks)
3. Without the Pain (feat.Matt James)
4. Kite String (feat. TravisDenning)
5. Come December (feat.Charlie Starr & JasonIsbell)
6. Dust (feat. Cody Jinks & Grace Bowers)
7. Forever In The Light (feat.Tyler Bryant)
8. Nocturnal Sun (feat. TroySanders & Jared JamesNichols)
9. The Needle And TheSpoon (feat. Neil Fallon)
10. Home (feat. TravisDenning)