Rise Tom Keifer

• 1Touching the Divine04:18
• 2The Death of Me03:19
• 3Waiting on the Demons04:33
• 4Hype03:15
• 5Untitled05:20
• 6Rise04:17
• 7All Amped Up03:18
• 8Breaking Down03:28
• 9Taste for the Pain03:11
• 10Life Was Here03:31
• 11You Believe in Me03:04
• Total Runtime41:34

Info for Rise

Former Cinderella frontman and powerhouse vocalist, Tom Keifer, ascends to new heights on his second solo album, Rise! This collection of 11 brand new songs rock with a fury and passion that is sure to make critics and fans take notice! Two brand new concept videos for the standout single "The Death Of Me" and the uplifing title track "Rise" directed by Vicente Cordero and assistant directed by Alisa Daglio of Industrialism Films! Also features the moving ballad "You Believe In Me" written by Tom for his wife Savannah!

The common thread to each song on Rise is the intuitive interplay between each member of #keiferband (Savannah Keifer, Tony Higbee, Billy Mercer, Kendra Chantelle, Jarred Pope, Kory Myers), a tight but loose collective that’s spent the last six-plus years on the road honing their live craft together in support of Keifer’s critically acclaimed 2013 solo debut, The Way Life Goes. Rise is the studio-bred equivalent of a band just now realizing the full scope of its powers. “We were trying to capture the feeling of what people have witnessed live with this band,” Keifer explains. “There’s an off-the-rails, real live feel to Rise — and that’s what we were going for. It shows a real kind of angst and reckless abandon that we tried not to polish too much. And when we pull it back on the ballads, it’s more about the emotion, the soul, and making people feel something in a different way.”

“When this band came together, we all felt a bit like broken souls, each with our own unique story,” he explains. “If you ask anyone in the band, they would all say this band came along at just the right time. Every human who walks this planet faces challenges and extreme adversity they have to overcome. As a band, we feel fortunate to be able to face those things together. There is a piece of every band member in the ‘The Death of Me’ as well as throughout the entire Rise album.”

“We were trying to capture the feeling of what people have witnessed live with this band,” Keifer explains of the new album. “There’s an off-the-rails, real live feel to Rise — and that’s what we were going for. It shows a real kind of angst and reckless abandon that we tried not to polish too much. And when we pull it back on the ballads, it’s more about the emotion, the soul, and making people feel something in a different way.”

He continues, “To me, the perfect rock and roll record is perfectly fucked up. You try to make each record interesting and different. I don’t ever want to make the same record twice, even though there’s a common thread between them. Everything doesn’t have to be perfectly in place, but there is a balance you try to strike. Sometimes there may be something about it that’s technically not ‘right,’ but there’s a vibe, an energy and an attitude to it that I always try to preserve.”

Tom Keifer, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Savannah Keifer, vocals, percussion, piano
Tony Higbee, guitar, vocals
Billy Mercer, bass, vocals
Kendra Chantelle, vocals, percussion
Jarred Pope, drums, vocals
Kory Myers, keyboards, vocals

Tom Keifer
Best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Philadelphia-based Blues-Rock band Cinderella, TOM KEIFER is making his debut as a solo artist with the release of his long-awaited and highly-anticipated solo album, THE WAY LIFE GOES, April 30 via Merovee Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).

The collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the Blues, Rock and Country roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide for Cinderella. Rolling Stone praised KEIFER as “a gritty, bluesy (rocker) with enough genuine swagger to draw comparisons to Mick Jagger

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