The Prelude Implicit
The Prelude Implicit is the upcoming fifteenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, to be released in september 2016.[1] It will be their first without founding member, lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Walsh, who retired from the band in 2014, since 1983's Drastic Measures.[2] It will be their first album with new lead vocalist and keyboardist Ronnie Platt and keyboardist David Manion, and their first on german label Inside Out Music having signed with it in september 2015.[3]
Background
The first since 2000's Somewhere to Elsewhere, it marks the longest period between two Kansas studio albums to date. Founding member Kerry Livgren, who had returned as the main songwriter for that album, departed the band again following its release leaving Steve Walsh as the group's sole songwriter. His reluctance towards committing to new studio material left the band without new output. While the group would continue to release live and compilation albums throughout the next decade, Native Window was formed as a side project by Ehart, Greer, Ragsdale and Williams who wanted to record new material as a separate entity.[4]
Walsh's departure in 2014 and the addition of Platt and Manion paved the way for a new Kansas album.[5]
Personnel
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