From Loudersound.
Todd Rundgren has streamed his brand new single Down With The Ship, a collaboration with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. You can listen to the song in full below.
The single is the second instalment from Rundgren’s forthcoming album Space Force, which is being released to digital platforms as individual singles, each with its own unique artwork, every three or four weeks, with the entire album coming in early 2021.
In contrast to its futuristic title, Rundgren returns to the days of yesteryear, when artists would release several singles first before releasing an “album,” or collection of singles. Last month, Rundgren released Espoinage, a collaboration with Iraqi/Canadian hip-hop artist Narcy.
Rundgren and Cuomo share writing duties as well as trading vocal roles on the Down With The Ship, which draws inspiration from reggae and African rhythms, not unlike Rundgren’s evergreen 1983 hit Bang The Drum All Day.
Lyrically, however, the song cuts with a much sharper edge, as Rundgren puts it, “It’s just a little parable about what happens when you align yourself with a treacherous leader.”
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- Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? + Booklet - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £45.00, $58.05, €53.10 (Back In Stock) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 5, 2025 at 12:26 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Something / Anything? (1972 UK 24-track double vinyl LP, Todd's third solo effort including Marlene, the powerpop gem, Couldn't I Just Tell You, It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference & the life-affirming, I Saw The Light, gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated lyric booklet. The sleeve shows a small top split but remains excellent for its fifty plus years & both vinyl discs look barely played - classic Todd! K65501)#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 18-Mar-2025 14:54)on April 5, 2025 at 12:26 pm
TODD RUNDGREN The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1982 German 9-track LP, picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows some minor storage wear,the inner has a split to the bottom however, the vinyl is in Excellent/'Near Mint' condition)
- Todd Rundgren - Initiation - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.48, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 18-Mar-2025 14:32)on April 5, 2025 at 12:26 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Initiation (1975 UK 7-track LP, including Real Man, another perfect example of Todd's knack for pop craft, plus more synth-heavy prog of the early Utopia variety. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear with just a small split in the top seam & the vinyl looks barely played K55504)
- Todd Rundgren - Faithful - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 18-Mar-2025 14:34)on April 5, 2025 at 12:26 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Faithful (1976 UK 12-track LP, embossed textured picture sleeve. The first side to Todd's seventh studio album features six 'faithful' re-recordings of classic sixties psychedelic-era songs by The Yardbirds, Beatles, Beach Boys,BobDylan & Jimi Hendrix, while the second side includes six original Rundgren recordings that rank as some of his all-time best. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear, whilst the vinyl remains near 'as new' & looks barely played K55510)
- Todd Rundgren - Runt - Dutch - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 18-Mar-2025 14:36)on April 5, 2025 at 12:26 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Runt (1976 Dutch 10-track vinyl LP issue of Todd's 1970 first solo album, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played BEA25.501)
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