“Meh…” A comment that David Crosby penned when asked about the late Eddie Van Halen. A comment, that seemed honest and inconsequential to the author, has sparked a wave of outrage from fans and musicians alike.
A British one-two punch in the form of a Gorillaz and Sir Elton John collaboration has been realized upon the release of animated sensation’s newest EP Song Machine Episode 7.
Early Monday the band flooded its social media platforms with a vague teaser that included simply a flickering neon thunderbolt with the sounds of a guitar being plugged in. While no messaging was attached to the posts it’s easy to connect the dots when the band has been circled by rumors of reunions and new music.
Frontman Josh Kiszka’s voice thrusts listeners into a time machine, nostalgia surging over you in the form of crunchy guitar riffs and vocal arpeggiations that oscillate from silky smooth lulls to rockin’ panther growls. Backed by brothers Jake Kiszka on guitar, Sam Kiszka on the bass, and friend Danny Wagner on the drums, the anachronistic quartet has started to garner deserved attention in the last three years.
In the interview Springsteen covered a lot of topics but the most exciting by far is the myriad of songs he has in a vault just waiting to be enjoyed by fans. On the list of work-in-progress projects includes full-length albums of said unreleased tracks, “lost albums” as he calls them.