From Loudersound.
Southern rock icons the Black Crowes have released their first new material since 2009’s Before the Frost…Until the Freeze album. New single Wanting And Waiting comes from the band’s upcoming tenth studio album, the excellently-titled Happiness Bastards, which will land on March 15 and is the follow-up to 2010’s acoustic collection Croweology.
Wanting And Waiting is also the first new material to emerge from the band since Chris and Rich Robinson reunited onstage at New York’s Bowery Ballroom in late 2019 – four years after breaking up – then announced they were reforming for a 45-date Shake Your Money Maker tour in the summer of 2020, a run of dates that was eventually scuppered by covid.
“Happiness Bastards is our love letter to rock’n’roll,” says frontman Chris Robertson. “Rich and I are always writing and creating music; that has never stopped for us, and it is always where we find harmony together. This record represents that.”
“This album is a continuation of our story as a band,” adds brother Rich Robinson. “Our years of experience writing and making music and touring the world are represented in this record, and we were brilliantly guided by one of the best producers in the business, Jay Joyce. I am incredibly proud of what we put together.”
The Nashville-based Joyce, who works with both country and rock acts, has previously produced the likes of Halestorm, Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson, who makes a guest appearance on Happiness Bastards. Joyce is also a six-time winner of the Academy of Country Music’s Producer Of The Year Award.
“Rich and I have been so busy hating each other that we forgot what it was like not to,” Chris Robinson told Classic Rock in late 2019. “But what a cool thing. You turn your back on something and walk away from it for years and years and years, and you come back with all these experiences and heartache and joy.”
Tour dates in North America, the U.K., and Europe will be announced soon. The Black Crowes currently have two shows scheduled, at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, NV, next month.
Happiness Bastards is available to pre-order now.
Happiness Bastards tracklist
Bedside Manners
Rats And Clowns
Cross Your Fingers
Wanting And Waiting
Wilted Rose (ft. Lainey Wilson)
Dirty Cold Sun
Bleed It Dry
Flesh Wound
Follow The Moon
Kindred Friend
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THE BLACK CROWES Hard To Handle (1991 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including a live versions of Dreams and Stare It Cold recorded at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve which has a 'Promo Copy' sticker attached to the back and the B-Side label. The cover displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played DEFA1012)
- The Black Crowes - Jealous Again - UK - 12" picture disc - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Jan-2024 08:53)on May 1, 2024 at 9:54 pm
BLACK CROWES Jealous Again (1990 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, also includes the previously unreleased Waitin' Guilty and Thick N' Thin, complete with backing card picture insert DEFAP412)
- The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion - Dutch - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €146.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 22-Jul-2023 10:46)on May 1, 2024 at 9:54 pm
THE BLACK CROWES The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (Rare 1992 Dutch 10-track LP, complete with illustrated lyric inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in wonderful condition with few signs ofplay)
- The Black Crowes - Seeing Things - Record 1 - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 14-Aug-2023 12:16)on May 1, 2024 at 9:54 pm
BLACK CROWES Seeing Things - 1990-1991 Live Tour Package (Rare 1990 UK 4-track 12" vinyl single tour pack, includes 3 live tracks - Could I Have Been So Blind, She Talks To Angels and Sister Luck, gatefold picture sleeve with tour dates and spacefor Part 2. The sleeve does have some light scuffing and edgewear, the inside gatefold looks really good, the vinyl shows a few paper scuffs but otherwise looks unplayed DEFAG1312)
- The Black Crowes - Amorica - Sealed - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £24.99, $31.24, €29.24 (New Item) (arrived 07-Nov-2023 11:47)on May 1, 2024 at 9:54 pm
THE BLACK CROWES Amorica (2015 UK/EU 11-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Originally released in 1994 the songs on Amorica are some of the best The Black Crowes ever wrote, stretching out into a hard, jam-oriented, funky-blues-rock. No band celebrates the glory days of rock culture quite as enthusiastically! Picture sleeve replicating the original uncensored cover art, factory sealed)
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