The Black Crowes announce first new album since 2009

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The Black Crowes have announced their first album of new material in 15 years, ‘Happiness Bastards’.On Friday (January 12), the southern rock band took to Instagram to announce the new full-length release. “Leaving the bullshit in the past… 15 years since our last album of new music, we present ‘Happiness Bastards’, our 10th studio album out March 15,” read the post’s caption, attached to a video of a man glueing posters of the album’s artwork onto a brick wall plastered with the band’s old album covers.A post shared by The Black Crowes (@theblackcrowes)According to Consequence, brothers Chris and Rich Robinson have commented further on the album’s significance in a press release. “The Robinson Brothers are claiming this momentous year as their own,” it read. “While they have dealt with their share of differences over the years, they are now two happy bastards, with a triumphant album to show for it.”“Happiness Bastards is our love letter to rock n’ roll,” added Chris Robinson. “Rich and I are always writing and creating music; that has never stopped for us, and it is always where we find harmony together.

This record represents that.”Rich Robinson also revealed that the band worked together with Jay Joyce, who has also produced works by Carrie Underwood, Orville Peck, Eric Church and FIDLAR: “Our years of experience writing and making music and touring the world are represented in this record, and we were brilliantly guided by one of the best producers in the business, Jay Joyce.

I am incredibly proud of what we put together.”The announcement was accompanied by the release of the album’s lead single, ‘Wanting And Waiting’.