rush guitarist Alex lifeson To promote his new electric guitar Alex Lifeson Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess, he released two instrumental tracks, “Kabul Blues” and “Spy House”. They can be heard on its official website.

The song features bassist Andy Callan, drummer David Quinton Steinberg and Lifeson’s “Everything Else”. This is the first music he released since the Rush LP 2012 Mechanical angelsMost of the music Lifeson made in his long career was in a rush, but he released the solo LP of Under the Radar. Victor In 1996.

Rush has been completely inactive since the end of their 40th anniversary tour in 2015. The band ended in January 2020, when Neil Peart passed away after a long battle with brain tumors.

“Neil asked us not to discuss [his illness] With anyone, ”said Lifeson Rolling stone Earlier this year .. “He just wanted to control it. The last thing in the world he wants are people sitting on his sidewalks and alleys singing “Closer to the Heart” and so on. It was his great horror. He didn’t want that attention at all. And it was really hard to lie, avoid or distract people. It was really hard. “

Part was not a founding member of Rush and did not perform on his first LP in 1974, but Lifeson and Geddy Lee say the band wouldn’t exist without him. “It’s over,” Lee said. Rolling stone Earlier this year. “I am always very proud of what we have done. I don’t know what to do with music anymore. And whether it’s together or away, Al doesn’t. But I’m sure, but Rush’s music is still a part of us. And I don’t hesitate to play one of those songs in the right context, but at the same time I’m with Neil. We must respect what we have done together. “

Lifeson felt the same. “I love to play and I never wanted to stop,” he said. “And, as you know, I was like, ‘Someday when I’m sitting without my pants on, I’ll still want to play guitar.’ And it’s like it’s gone. It didn’t seem to matter after he died. But I think it’s going to come back. “

It’s unclear whether Lifeson will release a second solo album or resume touring, but with the releases of Kabul Blues and Spy House he’s at least taking a small step into the future of post-rush music. I took a step forward.