Brad’s new album is going to be released on Loosegroove Records next year. Translation: Luca Riccardo Benaglia.
Brad’s drummer Regan Hagar recently revealed on his Instagram some exciting news about the new Brad’s album.
The record label will release Brad’s still-untitled album, which doesn’t have a release date yet. The ten unreleased songs were written by the whole band, and all the lyrics were solely written by the late Shawn Smith, exception made for Stars N’ You, (originally written by Andy Wood for the Deep Six Compilation) that could may be rearranged to fit in the Brad’s new effort. Barrett Jones played piano on Meadow in Autumn, while Hans Teuber played horns and keys on various other tracks.
The album has been self-produced by the Band, and it was recorded and mixed by Floyd Reitsma at Studio Litho in Seattle (except for The Moment You Were Born, which was the only song mixed by Josh Evans). The artwork was cured and crafted by Regan Hagar with the addition of some pictures taken by Lance Mercer.
Brad is:
Keith Lowe: Bass, Piano, Keys
Shawn Smith: Vocials, Guitars, Keys
Stone Gossard: Guitars, Keys
Regan Hagar: Drums, Keys
Here’s the tentative Brad’s new album tracklist:
1. In The Moment You Were Born
2. Pieces of Sky in My Head
3. Straight To The Hoop
4. Stars N’ You
5. Meadow in Autumn
6. Take Me Back Home
7. Without Guns
8. Hey Now What’s The Problem?
9. I’m Digging You
10. Simple Subtraction
Below you can watch Brad’s last performance with Shawn Smith, recorded nine years ago in Florence, Italy.
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.