Whereas Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s SatchVai mission has been touring for the final couple of years, the pair of guitar legends are nonetheless in no rush to launch a full album. As an alternative, they’ve been drip-feeding their followers, sticking to 1 collaborative launch a yr – and it’s lastly time for one more single.

Dancing comes as SatchVai’s third monitor to this point. It joins the 2024 launch of I Wanna Play My Guitar and 2025’s The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1 – and it’s a vibrant burst of playful guitar tones. The riffy reimagining of Paolo Conte’s 1981 monitor of the identical title sounds prefer it may soundtrack a bombastic cartoon heist, unfolding in a chaotic slew of vivid, bouncy grooves.

“Dancing actually captures the playful facet of what Steve and I found on stage collectively final summer time – that push-and-pull of melody and power,” Satriani explains in a press launch. “The video additionally gave us an opportunity to point out that spirit in a very completely different method.”

Directed by Satriani’s son, ZZ Satriani, the Dancing music video is brilliantly goofy. The surreal narrative sees Satriani and Vai attempting to please an over-the-top supervisor (performed by comic Brendon Small) who insists that their stay present isn’t entertaining sufficient. To up their gave, the SatchVai pair want to begin doing backflips, develop greater fingers… and begin Dancing, after all.

“This band thrives on shock – musically and visually,” Vai says. “Dancing is an ideal instance of that. It’s melodic however relentless, and the video turns that power right into a sort of surreal comedy. It’s a glimpse into the persona of this band earlier than we even hit the stage.”

Whereas there’s no telling what ‘surprises’ the duo have in retailer subsequent (maybe the second half of The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1?), the SatchVai mission can be embarking on a US tour this April. The Browsing With The Hydra tour will run up till 30 Could, with help from prog-metalers Animals as Leaders.

Head to satchvaiband.com for extra data and tickets.