New Rick Springfield album - Automatic

[TooOldToCare]

20 song album was released yesterday. Very 80s (by intent, he says) and over-produced but lyrically not 80s pop. A lot of synth and programmed drums. It doesn't seem like any of these tunes would be live performance candidates without a ton of triggers. A few tunes are growing on me, but it's definitely not his usual guitar-driven pop-rock. I don't think there's a guitar solo on the entire album. I'll have to listen again.

Given that he turns 74 this month, I'm going to guess this is his swan song. Maybe some of these were written back then and reworked for 2023. I couldn't find any album liner notes.

Thoughts if you've checked it out?

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Out already?

Thanks.

[TooOldToCare]

Released Aug 4. Saw a quick interview with him where he said he challenged himself as a writer to keep everything to around 3 min per song, so if you don't like one, another will be along soon. He also wanted to keep the same chord progressions for the verses and choruses and lean into the 80s albums' sounds.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Catchy album, especially for a 74 year old.

I wish he’d split it into two albums … 1 pop and 1 guitar rock.

Check out The Red Locusts album.

“The Red Locusts is an American supergroup consisting of Rick Springfield, Matt Bissonette, Greg Bissonette and two others. The band released an eponymous album, The Red Locusts, in March 2021.The album is a tribute to The Beatles and power pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s.”

[cowpins]

Saw him play this live a few years ago and it was pretty damn good. I'll check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhsNW8Z9Zb4

[TooOldToCare]

Check out The Red Locusts album.

“The Red Locusts is an American supergroup consisting of Rick Springfield, Matt Bissonette, Greg Bissonette and two others. The band released an eponymous album, The Red Locusts, in March 2021.The album is a tribute to The Beatles and power pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s.”

Good album. Also, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFo1x8_2RLc

Russell Morris/Rick Springfield Project. I think it's badass. Jack Chrome and The Darkness Waltz. If anyone knows of a streaming or download source, please share. This was the only tune I could find.

[zz666]

Huge Rick fan here, I like about 4 songs, the rest is garbage

[dweezil]

Check out The Red Locusts album.

“The Red Locusts is an American supergroup consisting of Rick Springfield, Matt Bissonette, Greg Bissonette and two others. The band released an eponymous album, The Red Locusts, in March 2021.The album is a tribute to The Beatles and power pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s.”

Good album. Also, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFo1x8_2RLc

Russell Morris/Rick Springfield Project. I think it's badass. Jack Chrome and The Darkness Waltz. If anyone knows of a streaming or download source, please share. This was the only tune I could find.

https://jackchrome.bandcamp.com/album/j ... ness-waltz

[TooOldToCare]

Check out The Red Locusts album.

“The Red Locusts is an American supergroup consisting of Rick Springfield, Matt Bissonette, Greg Bissonette and two others. The band released an eponymous album, The Red Locusts, in March 2021.The album is a tribute to The Beatles and power pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s.”

Good album. Also, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFo1x8_2RLc

Russell Morris/Rick Springfield Project. I think it's badass. Jack Chrome and The Darkness Waltz. If anyone knows of a streaming or download source, please share. This was the only tune I could find.

https://jackchrome.bandcamp.com/album/j ... ness-waltz

Cool. Thanks.