Fernando Viciconte prepares for his ninth album

Fernando Viciconte has set the release for his new album with the release of three singles, including ‘The Longest Wait’.

The ninth studio album, titled Traitors Table will be released tomorrow, June 21, was co-written and recorded with Luther Russell (Those Pretty Wrongs) in the space of a week. Traitors Table is easily Viciconte’s most personal and provocative record yet.

Fernando says about the track: “The Longest Wait is a song about a segment in the forgotten America who believe they are being kept down, and rather than build bridges with other oppressed groups to overcome the powers that be, they scapegoat and blame their troubles on those less fortunate than themselves.”

In the autobiographical ‘I Don’t Know’, Fernando wails about coming to the U.S. as an immigrant child and how — after growing up identifying as a proud American—he felt the acute, nauseating fear of being sent back to a country he never really knew. ‘Hey Darlene’ tells the story of a small-town couple who feel shut out of the American dream, but like many among us, also feel it’s just within reach.

‘The Company’, a bouncy, impassioned plea to the so-called “millennial” generation to not shoot down bold ideas in the name of political correctness, is in Viciconte’s words: “about the concept that even though we are more connected via technology, we are more isolated and divided than ever.”

In the final track on the record, ‘Turned Away’, a stark acoustic guitar announces the beat-up story of a soul that was judged before he was born, a man whose very spirit was shot simply because of how and where he was born. Perpetually shunned, he finally snaps, and as the final note of feedback dies, everyone dies with it.

This is Fernando’s first album since 2015’s Leave The Radio On. Due to health issues, he is currently not able to perform or tour.