THE PRETENDERS RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM, ALONE, ON OCTOBER 21
CHRISSIE HYNDE TEAMS WITH DAN AUERBACH
FOR FIRST NEW PRETENDERS ALBUM IN MORE THAN HALF A DECADE
FIRST SINGLE, "HOLY COMMOTION," AVAILABLE NOW
MILESTONE COLLECTION SEES HYNDE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARCS,
NASHVILLE SESSION GIANTS AND THE GREAT DUANE EDDY
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
The Pretenders has announced the release of its long-awaited new album. ALONE (BMG) arrives everywhere on October 21 and is available for pre-order now,
with all orders joined by an instant grat download of the album's
electrifying first single, "Holy Commotion." The complete album
tracklisting is below.
ALONE
was recorded with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach at his Easy Eye Studio
in Nashville and mixed by Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Elvis Costello,
Richard Thompson). The album was initially conceived as follow-up to
legendary bandleader Chrissie Hynde's acclaimed 2014 solo debut, STOCKHOLM, but as its songs and sonics took shape, the collection soon revealed itself as the first all new Pretenders LP since 2008's BREAK UP THE CONCRETE.
ALONE
sees the one and only Hynde backed by a team of what she proudly calls
"real people playing real instruments," helmed by the multi-talented
Auerbach and featuring Nashville session luminaries including bassist
Dave Roe (Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Sturgill Simpson), pedal steel
pioneer Russ Pahl (Blake Shelton, Don Williams, Luke Bryan), and
guitarist Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives,
Lana Del Rey, Ray LaMontagne), as well as keyboardist Leon Michels and
drummer Richard Swift - both charter members of Auerbach's adventurous
garage rock combo The Arcs.
Hynde
and Auerbach made for ideal foils, two idiosyncratic
songwriter/musicians each possessing a deep knowledge and even deeper
love of rock 'n' roll, both of course hailing from the City of Invention
itself, Akron, Ohio. Though neither remain, Akron continues to inform
both artists' work, the Rubber City's long history of progressivism and
ingenuity, hard work and musical experimentation, are all very much
present in their first full-length collaboration.
ALONE indeed
bears all the trademarks of the Pretenders' legendary canon - raw and
rollicking riffs, poignant balladry, taut hooks and indelible melodies,
all in service of Hynde's heartworn, ever-unsentimental songcraft.
Nearly four decades on from The Pretenders' epochal 1980 debut album,
Hynde's instantly identifiable voice is perhaps more emotional, more
aggressive than at any other time in her career as all the vocals were
recorded in 48 hours. That extra bit of edge only serves to add fire to
new Pretenders classics like the brutally candid "I Hate Myself" and the
defiant title track, a spiky rocker that sees Hynde extolling the joys
and virtues of solitude.
"We
were in the studio hanging out," Hynde says, "and the guys were talking
about their families and their wives and I said, 'Well, I do everything
alone. I go to the cinema alone. I go to restaurants alone. I live
alone. I pretty much do everything on my own. I don't mind.' Dan says,
'Write a song about it.'
"The
more I thought about it," she continues, "I thought, I've heard 1,000
songs in my life, they're all about, I am so tired of being alone. I
can't live without you. Since you've left my world has fallen apart.
When am I going to see you again? Marry me and be with me for the rest
of my life. I have never heard anyone celebrate being alone in a song. I
couldn't think of one."
Other
highlights include "Roadie Man," a softly sung paean to the hard
working touring crew that has been kicking around Hynde's unrecorded
songbook for more than 25 years, the seductive "Let's Get Lost"
(co-written with songwriting superstars Amanda Ghost and Dave
McCracken), and "Never Be Together," featuring an inimitable
contribution from legendary twang bar hero Duane Eddy.
"As
soon as you hear one note you know who it is," says Hynde. 'I don't get
real excited about vintage guitars and stuff, but I do if someone else
is playing them that brilliantly."
ALONE marks Hynde's first musical effort since her extraordinary 2015 memoir, RECKLESS: MY LIFE AS A PRETENDER, hailed by the New York Times upon its release as "honest and distinctive...first and foremost, a love letter to rock and roll." "RECKLESS is more than a well-written, thoughtful memoir," raved the Huffington Post.
"It's a cultural history of the rock scene in the 60s and early 70s,
told by an astute observer who, perhaps unwittingly, reminds readers
that improbable dreams can come true." Hynde "(writes) with the sort of
candor and humor rarely found in bookss," declared the Boston Globe, noting, "Bad girls sometimes finish first." "(Hynde] writes just like she lives," wrote the Daily Beast,
"and just like she makes music. She does it her way, which is an
inimitable multiplicity of things: impulsive, untamed, ragged, proud."
The
Pretenders begin a North American tour with Stevie Nicks on October 25
at Phoenix, AZ's Talking Stick Arena and ending December 18 at The Forum
in Inglewood, CA. The complete tour dates are below. An AMEX pre-order
begins today at 10am ET. VIP tickets will be available. All tickets can
be purchased via ticketmaster.com.
THE PRETENDERS
ALONE
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Tracklisting:
1. Alone Song
2. Roadie Man
3. Gotta Wait
4. Never Be Together
5. Let's Get Lost
6. Chord Lord
7. Blue Eyed Sky
8. Be The Man That You Are
9. One More Day
10. I Hate Myself
11. Death Is Not Enough
12. Holy Commotion
# # #
THE PRETENDERS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH STEVE NICKS
OCTOBER
25 - Phoenix AZ - Talking Stick Arena
27 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
29 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
30 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
NOVEMBER
2 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
4 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T Center
6 - Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena
7 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
10 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
12 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena
14 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
15 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
19 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center
20 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
23 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
25 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
27 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
29 - Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre
DECEMBER
1 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
3 - Chicago, IL - United Center
5 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena
6 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
9 - Vancouver, BC - Pepsi Live at Rogers Center
11 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
13 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
14 - San Jose, CA - SAP Center
18 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
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