{"id":2441435,"date":"2019-03-07T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=804665"},"modified":"2019-03-07T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:58:36","slug":"the-stray-cats-detail-first-lp-in-26-years-plot-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/the-stray-cats-detail-first-lp-in-26-years-plot-world-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stray Cats Detail First LP in 26 Years, Plot World Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Stray Cats<\/a> announced their first album in 26 years<\/a>, 40<\/em>, and detailed a summer world tour. The long-running rockabilly trio \u2014 singer-guitarist Brian Setzer<\/a>, bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom \u2014 previewed the LP with new song \u201cCat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me),\u201d a trademark blast of searing guitar fills, tremolo bar swoops and hopping double-bass.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCat Fight\u201d is available with pre-orders of the record.<\/span> The band will release the track (along with new songs \u201cWhen Nothing\u2019s Going Right\u201d and \u201cRock It Off\u201d) as part of an exclusive, 12-inch picture disc on April 13th, Record Store Day. They will also issue an exclusive colored vinyl edition of the song on May 24th.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Stray Cats recorded 40<\/em> with producer Peter Collins (Rush, Bon Jovi, the Brian Setzer Orchestra) at Nashville, Tennessee\u2019s Blackbird Studios in late 2018, following their first North American shows in a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to understand how unique the Stray Cats are,\u201d Setzer said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s me playing an old hollow body guitar, Slim Jim playing two or three drums, and Lee Rocker slapping a stand-up acoustic bass. I get to write new songs and then play them with my buddies. Somehow we created a new and exciting sound with this simple idea. And you know what? A lot of people agree!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rocker enthused that 40<\/em> captures the same vibe as their debut self-titled LP from 1981. \u201cThis new album really feels like the first record we did; it\u2019s really natural and comfortable,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the recording, we went live \u2013\u2013 like doing a gig, we recorded in a real, organic way. We were all in one room standing next to each other recording live, with the amps turned up to 10. It captured the undefinable things that happen when a band is great. It captured the magic that takes place and an undefined spark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very, very focused when we get into the studio,\u201d added Phantom. \u201cit didn\u2019t feel like a long time had passed since we had done this \u2014 it felt very natural and familiar. We were all in a row with everyone watching each other, so it felt like a gig in the set-up. We really embraced that a little bit for the album \u2013\u2013 it\u2019s like an old way of making records. The modern is meeting the vintage, which has always been our inspiration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n