The Black Crowes have unveiled their new studio album, A Pound of Feathers.
Picture: Ross Halfin
Set for launch on March 13, the 11-track assortment was recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce and marks the band’s newest push right into a sharper, extra onerous‑edged mix of blues, soul and rock.
Two tracks from the album — Propane Prophecy and Pharmacy Chronicles — can be found to stream now.
Chris Robinson says the band accomplished the report in slightly below two weeks.
He famous: “We made this in eight to 10 days.
“It was instinctive, within the second, and Wealthy introduced a spontaneity that basically formed the classes.”
Wealthy Robinson provides that the album represents a reset for the group.
He stated: “It feels transformative. We tapped again into our roots and located a spark within the studio that pushed us ahead.”
Written completely by the Robinson brothers, A Pound of Feathers blends the band’s early grit with new rhythmic concepts.
The album follows 2024’s Happiness Bastards, which earned a nomination for Finest Rock Album on the 2025 GRAMMY Awards.
In the meantime, the band beforehand expressed their fear that there is “no humanity” in music anymore.
The Laborious to Deal with hitmakers say they like the uncooked chaos and imperfections discovered on older information, and fear that fashionable modifying instruments are being pushed too far. Of their view, sprucing tracks to perfection strips the music of the character and edge that make it really feel alive.
Wealthy informed The Solar newspaper: “The issue with loads of music at the moment is that there’s no humanity in it.
“There’s a pursuit of perfection and a use of those instruments that sucks all human qualities out of it.
“Take heed to a Beatles report – they’re in every single place. Identical with Led Zeppelin and the Stones. That’s why their information are thrilling.
“A few of my favorite moments on my favorite information have [slip] ups in them. You hearken to Zeppelin’s ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ and also you hear John Bonham’s squeaky kick-drum. That’s so cool.
“You hear in regards to the Stones and the chaos that went into making ‘Exile On Most important St’ on this mouldy French villa and it’s 100 levels.
“It’s wonderful and it’s harmful and might fall off the rails at any time nevertheless it’s good and it by no means does. That’s the human factor.”
However the group suppose there’s nonetheless a real want for rock and roll on this planet at the moment.
Wealthy’s brother and bandmate, Chris, stated: “A couple of months in the past, we noticed AC/DC, Weapons N’ Roses and Metallica at Energy Journey [Indio, California] in entrance of 100,000 individuals.
“I additionally watched Queens Of The Stone Age not too long ago on the LA Discussion board. They had been rocking out, enjoying stunning riffs.”
A Pound of Feathers tracklisting:
1. Profane Prophecy
2. Merciless Streak
3. Pharmacy Chronicles
4. Do The Parasite!
5. Excessive And Lonesome
6. Queen of the B-Sides
7. It’s Like That
8. Blood Purple Regrets
9. You Name This A Good Time
10. Eros Blues
11.Doomsday Doggerel
