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Paul McCartney and Wings documentary One Hand Clapping is coming to cinemas

Paul McCartney and Wings‘ documentary One Hand Clapping is coming to cinemas worldwide, from September 26. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The documentary follows the band’s 1974 sessions at Abbey Road during the recording of the live-in-studio One Hand Clapping album. “It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did,” says McCartney. “We made a pretty good noise actually! It was a great time for the band, we started to have success with Wings, which had been a long time coming.” The documentary screenings also boast an exclusive filmed introduction by McCartney and previously unseen Polaroid photographs from the sessions. In addition to the One Hand Clapping documentary, screenings will feature the previously unreleased Backyard Sessions, showcasing McCartney on acoustic guitar performing tracks from his catalogue. The album One Hand Clapping was released in June. Tickets for Paul McCartney and Wings – One Hand Clapping will be available beginning Thursday, August 16 at 6AM PT / 9AM ET / 2PM BST from here. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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Watch the video for The Smile’s new track, “Don’t Get Me Started”

The Smile have released a new track, “Don’t Get Me Started“, which is their first new music since their second studio album, Wall Of Eyes, in January this year. You can watch the video below, directed by audiovisual artist Weirdcore. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “Don’t Get Me Started” was released last Friday [August 2, 2024] as a limited edition, 2-track 12-inch single with another new song, “The Slip”. “Don’t Get Me Started” was produced and mixed by Sam Petts-Davies, who produced Wall Of Eyes.

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Alan Sparhawk interviewed: “I’m trying to tap into the universe”

White Roses, My God, the debut album proper by Alan Sparhawk, formerly of Low, is our Album Of The Month in the September 2024 issue of Uncut. Here’s an extended version of the Q&A that appears alongside the review, in which the songwriter tells us more about the record, rediscovering his voice and even his next album… “I didn’t set out to be contrary…” You’ve certainly been keeping yourself occupied, musically…Yeah, between a few different bands and local things and just people asking, ‘Hey, can you do this?’ ‘Yeah, I suppose I could do that. Let’s just get this band going…’ It’s pretty fun. It keeps me on my toes and keeps me playing, and engaged. I’m better if I have deadlines and things coming up, it helps shape my motivation, figuring out each day what I need to do. The last couple of years since Mimi passed away can’t have been easy.It’s a wild process… There’s of course the grief, the loss, the shock of this thing that was so so real being gone, but you really do find out how deeply you are just one part of a whole, that you’re incomplete without that person that you’ve resonated… Read More →

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Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes

Nobody can make a cello honk, slither, twang and gurgle like Mabe Fratti. In just a few short years, the prolific Guatemala-born, Mexico City-based musician, singer and composer has built an impressive international profile in experimental pop circles. Sentir Que No Sabes (which translates as Feel Like You Don’t Know) is her fourth album under her own name since 2020. Last year, she also released an album as half of Titanic, a jazzy avant-chanson duo project with her musical and life partner Hector Tosta (AKA I La Católica), and another with the improvisational quartet Amor Muere. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The 32-year-old Fratti has also worked with a promiscuous gallery of collaborators from Berlin post-punk legend Gudrun Gut to Danish indie-rockers Efterklang, British post-folk singer Ben Howard and sometime Björk/Thurston Moore drummer Chris Corsano. Howard likens Fratti’s performance style to “watching a sunbeam” while Corsano calls her music “a continual opening of possibilities.” Advertisement Following in a rare lineage that includes Arthur Russell, Charlotte Moorman and her current personal hero, South Korea’s Okkyung Lee, Fratti uses the cello as wide-open sound laboratory as much as solo instrument, fusing acoustic… Read More →

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Wayne Shorter – JuJu / Odyssey of Iska (reissue, 1965 / 1971)

Wayne Shorter’s career contains virtually the entire history of the second half of 20th century jazz. He cut his teeth with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and eventually became the band’s musical director; he helped crystallise the emerging new sounds of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet and often composed for Davis; and he co-founded the pioneering jazz fusion group Weather Report. Not only was he an absolute master of the saxophone (originally on the less common soprano, then switching his focus to tenor) but he also redefined jazz composition, penned a number of pieces that have since become beloved standards, and has won numerous awards, including several Grammys. He died at the age of 89 in 2023, but his spirit lives on in the music he composed and the exploratory outlook of the many musicians he influenced. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE This year sees the reissue of two major Shorter albums in the Blue Note catalogue: 1965’s JuJu, as part of their Classic Vinyl Series and 1971’s Odyssey Of Iska, as part of their Tone Poet Vinyl Series. JuJu, recorded in 1964, is squarely post-bop, showcasing Shorter’s facility… Read More →

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“All our blood, sweat and tears haven’t gone to waste”: the amazing tale of Cimarons, Britain’s first reggae band

“It was a complete accident,” says filmmaker Mark Warmington, explaining how he came across the remarkable story of the Cimarons, the UK’s first indigenous reggae band. He was living and working as a cameraman in Brent when someone at the council suggested he speak to Cimarons guitarist and co-founder guitarist Locksley Gichie. “When he told me about who they’d worked with and what they’d done, it was just incredible.” BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The result is Warmington’s film Harder Than The Rock, which tells how the Cimarons formed in Harlesden, took reggae around the world, worked with everyone from Bob Marley to Paul McCartney, but ultimately disappeared under the radar – something that the documentary is seeking to put right. As Gichie says, “It will mean that all our blood, sweat and tears haven’t gone to waste.” Advertisement [embedded content] Jamaican-born teenagers Gichie and Franklyn Dunn (bass) met in a bus shelter in 1967, subsequently being joined in rehearsals by Carl Levy (keyboards), Maurice Ellis (drums) and Carl Lewis (vocals). After playing their first gig at Harlesden cricket club to an audience who Gichie remembers “going crazy” for their… Read More →

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Exclusive! Watch the video John Murry and Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins track, “What Remains”

John Murry and Cowboy Junkies‘ Michael Timmins have released “What Remains“, taken from a little bit of Grace and Decay, their upcoming soundtrack to the documentary, The Graceless Age: The Ballad Of John Murry. You can hear the track below. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The album is released on September 20 on deluxe CD as a download on TV Records, preceded by “What Remains” on September 13. In the meantime, The Graceless Age: The Ballad Of John Murry screens on Monday, September 16 at 18:15 at Rich Mix cinema on Bethnal Green Road, London. It features a live solo performance from Murry and a Q&A with Murry and director Sarah Share. You can watch the trailer below: Murry will also play these acoustic shows, with more to be announced: November 7 Stone, The Wren November 10 Leicester, The Musician November 17 Cork, Ireland, Coughlans November 19 Dublin, Ireland, Whelans November 22 Galway, Ireland, Monroes December 11 Leytonstone, Social Club December 12 Southampton, The Attic Tickets and further details can be found here.

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Lone Justice return with first new album for 37 years

Lone Justice return with a new album, Viva Lone Justice, which is released on October 25 on Afar. You can hear “Jenny Jenkins” and “Teenage Kicks” below. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The band’s first album since 1986’s Shelter features original band members Maria McKee, Ryan Hedgecock, Marvin Etzioni and the late Don Heffington – who died in 2021. Guests on the album include string arranger Tammy Rogers, multi-horn player David Ralicke, Greg Leisz on steel guitar and Benmont Tench on piano. You can pre-order Viva Lone Justice on LP, CD and digitally here and the tracklisting for the album is: You Possess Me Jenny Jenkins Rattlesnake Mama Teenage Kicks Wade in the Water Nothing Can Stop My Loving You Skull and Cross Bones Alabama Baby I Will Always Love You Sister Anne

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Peter Perrett shares new song “I Wanna Go With Dignity”

Peter Perrett has announced details of his new album The Cleansing, which is released on November 1 via Domino. You can hear the first track from the album, “I Wanna Go With Dignity”, below. The track is partly inspired by former Uncut writer, David Cavanagh. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The album features Perrett’s sons Jamie (guitar / production) and Peter Jr (bass) plus members of his live band, alongside guests including Johnny Marr, Bobby Gillespie, Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell and Dream Wife guitarist Alice Go. Tracklisting for The Cleansing is: 1. I Wanna Go With Dignity 2. Disinfectant 3. Fountain Of You 4. Secret Taliban Wife 5. Solitary Confinement 6. Women Gone Bad 7. Survival Mode 8. Mixed Up Confucius 9. Do Not Resuscitate 10. The Cleansing 11. All That Time 12. Kill A Franco Spy 13. Set The House On Fire 14. Feast For Sore Eyes 15. There For You 16. Art Is A Disease 17. World In Chains 18. Back In The Hole 19. Less Than Nothing 20. Crystal Clear The Cleansing is available to preorder on DomMart-exclusive red double vinyl with signed sleeve, standard double vinyl, CD and digitally. Perrett also plays a special show on Saturday October 19 at the Moth Club, London.

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Jeff Ament – My Life In Music

The Pearl Jam bassman on the records that really matter to him: “I remember the hair standing up on my neck” BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE SIMON & GARFUNKEL Advertisement Sounds Of Silence COLUMBIA, 1966 One day, my first grade teacher, Mrs Robertson – not Robinson! – said, ‘Hey, I’m gonna put on this record, and I want everybody to sing along.’ And she passed out lyrics to “The Sound Of Silence”. I didn’t know what the words meant, but it was heavy: “Hello darkness, my old friend…” I remember the hair standing up on my neck. We were church-going folks, but I never felt the spirit moving through me the way that I did singing along with my friends to that song. I almost see it as the moment when I was really introduced to music. I go back to that song probably at least once a year. Usually it’s a moment when I’m by myself, so I can get weepy. Advertisement THE BEATLES Let It Be APPLE, 1970 My uncle had given me a couple of singles, including a copy of “Help”, but this was the first full-length… Read More →

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Jack White confirms official release for his No Name album

Jack White has given an official release to his new album, No Name, which he previously stealth-released via his Third Man stores on July 19. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The 13-track album will be available from Thursday, August, on limited edition vinyl at all Third Man stores with a wider vinyl release at select independent record stores, as well as a global digital release, following on Friday, August 2. Read Uncut’s review of No Name here. No Name will also be available on black vinyl via thirdmanrecords.com and jackwhiteiii.com. The album was recorded, produced, and mixed by White at his Third Man Studio throughout 2023 and 2024, pressed to vinyl at Third Man Pressing, and released by Third Man Records. The tracklisting for No Name is: Old Scratch Blues Bless Yourself That’s How I’m Feeling It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking) Archbishop Harold Holmes Bombing Out What’s the Rumpus? Tonight (Was a Long Time Ago) Underground Number One With a Bullet Morning at Midnight Missionary Terminal Archenemy Endling

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Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera (reissue, 2001)

Drive-By Truckers are an American institution: alt.country punks turned Southern rock revivalists, grizzled latter-day flag-wavers for the 20th-century indie idealism Michael Azerrad documented in This Band Can Be Your Life, and a crucible of world-class songwriting talent that includes ex-Trucker Jason Isbell and founding fathers Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. Over the course of 14 studio albums and almost three decades of hardscrabble touring, the group has honed a sound and sensibility that’s ragged, steaming, sentimental, political, smartass, heartfelt and heartbreaking, with hollered harmonies and white-knuckle guitar jams owing more to Lynyrd Skynyrd than the Allman Brothers, while also invoking Neil Young & Crazy Horse, old-time string bands and the Southern soul music forged at Alabama’s historic FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios (both of which employed Hood’s bass-playing father David in pivotal roles). AAA The Truckers also made one of the 21st century’s greatest concept albums. Released a day after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Southern Rock Opera is an epic tale of a doomed musician that also made a potent political statement on “the duality of the Southern thing” (a coinage the album introduced) – the problematic mix of pride and shame that informs, many would say warps,… Read More →

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Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza

The genre of collaborative albums between a younger fan and an older hero has started to take on several distinct forms in recent years. Sometimes the artists collaborate as equals, writing new songs together – take Franz Ferdinand and Sparks’ 2015’s album FFS, or Elton John’s 2010 LP with Leon Russell, The Union. Sometimes, the younger fan coaxes the older legend into writing new songs, as Jack White did with Loretta Lynn on Van Lear Rose in 2004, or as Dan Auerbach did with Dr John on 2012’s Locked Down. Then there are those collabs where the ageing legend seems barely aware he’s making an album at all, as with Richard Russell’s -style LP with Gil Scott Heron in 2010, I’m New Here. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE There’s also the collaboration that’s actually a tribute in disguise, like Elvis Costello’s 2005 album with Allen Toussaint, The River In Reverse, where Costello revived seven obscure old Toussaint songs and co-wrote a few hymns to his hero. This is very much the approach that Esperanza Spalding has adopted here with Milton Nascimento. Advertisement Nascimento has been a legend of Brazilian music… Read More →

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Hear Father John Misty’s new single, “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”

Josh Tillman returns with a new Father John Misty track, “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”. You can hear it below. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The track is taken from Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said To Crawl – a compilation of tracks drawn from his five studio albums to date that’s available digitally from Bella Union today [July 31, 2024]. Advertisement [embedded content] “I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All” will also appear on Father John Misty’s forthcoming album which is due out later this year. The tracklisting for Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said To Crawl is: 1. Nancy From Now On Advertisement 2. Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest of Them All3. Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)4. Goodbye Mr. Blue5. When You’re Smiling And Astride Me6. Mr. Tillman7. Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution 8. Please Don’t Die9. I’m Writing a Novel10. Real Love Baby11. Buddy’s Rendezvous12. Total Entertainment Forever13. Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings 14. Holy Shit15. Pure Comedy16. I Love You, Honeybear17. I Guess Time Just… Read More →

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Hear Bryan Ferry’s cover of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me”

Bryan Ferry has announced details of his first, career-spanning solo compilation – Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Totalling 81 tracks, the collection is due for release on October 25 via BMG. Advertisement The set includes “Star“, Ferry’s first original song to be released in over a decade, and a cover of Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me” which you can hear below. [embedded content] Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 will be released in multiple formats, including a 5CD deluxe box set featuring 81 songs, accompanied by a 100-page hardback book containing extensive new liner notes, rare and unseen photographs and imagery. A 2LP gatefold edition presents The Best Of Bryan Ferry, containing 20 songs pressed to black vinyl with variants including a green/blue vinyl pressing and a clear vinyl pressing. A 1CD version will also feature the same 20 songs and a booklet containing liner notes and photographs. An 81-track edition of the album will be released digitally. Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 5 CD Track Listing: Advertisement Disc One: The Best Of Bryan Ferry 1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall 2. These Foolish Things 3. The ‘In’ Crowd 4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes… Read More →

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Introducing the Ultimate Genre Guide: Soft Rock

“No assholes need apply” When Stevie Nicks played in the UK in mid-July there wasn’t a dry eye in the house – and by house we mean really large park. Some of that was down to the emotional power of Stevie’s mystical pop music. Much of it, however, also derived from an emotional connection with Stevie’s friend and Fleetwood Mac colleague Christine McVie, who had died since Stevie’s last visit to the country. Images of Christine were projected; tears flowed. It was a very soft rock moment – a testament to the enduring power of this gentle and supremely melodic music. Perhaps the stars of, say, psychedelic rock were more musically or socially controversial, but as you’ll read in this revised special edition, just because artists in this genre sold an exceptional number of albums – if you enjoy large numbers please see our sales chart on p118 – didn’t mean that they were writing vapid jingles to do so. Advertisement Think of Fleetwood Mac, turning the thorny emotional details of their private lives into generational anthems. Or Genesis, mutating in a new decade from Edwardian-era prog into clever and accessible pop. Or, most particularly, of our cover stars Steely… Read More →

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Phil Manzanera unveils 50 Years Of Music box set

Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera has today announced a new solo box set, compiling eleven of his remastered albums, plus bonus tracks and a 100-page book. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Among the nine previously unreleased tracks are Roxy Music’s live version of “Impossible Guitars” and Pink Floyd’s early version of “One Slip” called “Demo PM 1”. Hear “Listen Now (Velvet Season And The Hearts Of Gold Remix)” below: 50 Years Of Music will be released on November 1; pre-order here.

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Karen Salicath Jamali Unveils New Single “Angel Adnachiel (The Angel of Adventure)”

Renowned composer, pianist, and producer Karen Salicath Jamali is set to captivate listeners with her latest single, “Angel Adnachiel (The Angel of Adventure).” The track, a dynamic blend of emotive melodies and inspiring themes, marks a powerful addition to Jamali’s distinguished discography. “Angel Adnachiel” channels the spirit of adventure and independence. It’s a call to embrace honesty and assert control over one’s destiny. This compelling single embodies the transformative energy of Angel Adnachiel, inspiring listeners to seize their own paths with integrity and courage. Jamali, a multi-award-winning artist with a storied career, brings her unique musical voice to this new release. Born in Denmark and now based between New York City and Florida, Jamali’s journey to music was unconventional. Following a near-fatal accident in 2012, she began to play the piano spontaneously despite having no previous training. This unexpected twist of fate opened new avenues of creativity, leading her to compose over 2,500 pieces and release seven acclaimed albums. “Angel Adnachiel” continues Jamali’s tradition of producing meditative and healing music, a hallmark of her career since her recovery. The track is a testament to her ability to turn personal trials into profound musical expressions. Her previous album, Angel Hanael’s Song,… Read More →

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Read the tracklisting for Neil Young’s Archives Vol III (1976 – 1987)

Neil Young has released a trailer for his massive upcoming boxset Archives Vol III: 1976 – 1987, due for release on September 6 via Reprise Records in a number of configurations. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE First, here’s the video… Advertisement [embedded content] The 17-CD limited edition boxed set of Archives Vol III features a total of 198 musical tracks, including 121 previously unreleased versions of live, studio, mixes, or edits, and 15 previously unreleased songs, available here for the first time ever. 62 tracks have been available on various recordings. The set will be packaged in a slim folding box with a poster. Pre-order here. Click here to read Uncut’s review of Archives Vol. 1: 1963–1972 Click here to read Uncut’s review of Archives Vol. II: 1972–1976 Advertisement In addition, a double vinyl LP-only set titled Takes, will also be available on September 6. Takes is a 16-track compilation featuring one track from each of the 16 out of the 17 CDs in the Archives Vol III box set. This collection will include 3 unreleased songs and 12 previously unreleased versions and will be the only vinyl edition to feature these songs. A US-only limited edition… Read More →

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Jimi Hendrix: a new documentary and deluxe box set are coming

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision – a new documentary and box set chronicling the creation of the New York recording studio and Hendrix’ work there – will be released on September 13, by Experience Hendrix L.L.C., in partnership with Legacy Recordings. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The deluxe box set contains 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970. Advertisement The set also includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks: “Valleys Of Neptune”, “Pali Gap” and “Lover Man”. The Blu-ray includes the full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, featuring interviews with Steve Winwood, Billy Cox and original Electric Lady staff members. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage. The package includes an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix’s handwritten song drafts and comprehensive liner notes. You can pre-order the set here, meanwhile all confirmed worldwide theatrical bookings for the film can be found here. Advertisement You can watch the… Read More →

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Hear Jane’s Addiction’s new track, “Imminent Redemption”

Jane’s Addiction have shared a new track, “Imminent Redemption“. It’s the first new music from the original line-up for 34 years. You can hear it below. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Speaking on the new single, singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery said – “It is different this time. To have everyone back together, releasing new music. It’s time. Welcome to the next chapter of Jane’s Addiction. Imminent Redemption is only the beginning.” The band released three records – 1987’s self-titled live album, 1988’s Nothing Shocking and 1990’s Ritual De Lo Habitual – before their initial break-up in 1991.