Available for preorder at Amazon and Joe's website:

Description
Recorded late last year at Skywalker Sound in Lucas Valley, CA, Satriani assembled the dynamic trio of world-class musicians who had recently been part of his global tour; renowned keyboardist and guitarist Mike Keneally, a veteran of several Satch outings and recordings; along with drumming whiz Marco Minnemann and bass extraordinaire Bryan Beller. "I couldn't have asked for a better band to help bring these songs to life," says Satriani.

Recently, during the final performance of his two-year Unstoppable Momentum tour, Satriani had an epiphany; he found himself, "playing the guitar with my teeth an awful lot. I thought, 'Why are you doing this?' It's as if something else, or somebody else, was driving me to do it." Satriani seized upon this moment of self-realization as the springboard and creative center for his alter ego "Shockwave Supernova," the outlandish and extroverted 'performance side' of the normally shy and reserved guitar virtuoso. With this new persona as partner, Satriani launched his wildly ambitious 15th solo album, Shockwave Supernova.

Tracklist
1. Shockwave Supernova
2. Lost in a Memory
3. Crazy Joey
4. In My Pocket
5. On Peregrine Wings
6. Cataclysmic
7. San Francisco Blue
8. Keep on Movin'
9. All of My Life
10. A Phase I'm Going Through
11. Scarborough Stomp
12. Butterfly and Zebra
13. If There Is No Heaven
14. Stars Race Across the Sky
15. Goodbye Supernova

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XDCBA42/?tag=imwan-20

I have mixed feelings about this....it's sounding a bit like Prince and his weird "Spooky Electric" persona.

I'll still listen to it, of course.

Here's that song in full:



And the title track of the album:

(hennemusic) Joe Satriani will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4. The guitarist will be sitting in with The Roots during the program, playing some tracks off his new album, "Shockwave Supernova", as well as some older favorites.

Satriani's 15th album was recorded late last year at Skywalker Sound in Lucas Valley, CA; the guitarist co-produced the project with John Cuniberti. Satriani worked on the record with keyboardist and guitarist Mike Keneally, drummer Marco Minnemann and bassist Bryan Beller.

A second rhythm section that appears on four tracks includes drummer Vinnie Colaiuta - who has worked with Frank Zappa, Sting and Paul Simon, among others - and Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney.

I got this new disc Friday. Nothing out of the ordinary on one listen so far. Typical Satch.