Red Hot Chili Peppers – Poster Child from the upcoming new album ‘Unlimited Love.’
Funk-rock titans, Red Hot Chili Peppers have shared a new song, âPoster Childâ. The second offering from their upcoming album Unlimited Love, one would argue that this is much better than their first single âBlack Summerâ. Itâs vintage Red Hot Chili Peppers, and we hear the band go back to basics, with bassist Flea giving us a brilliant, pulsating bassline.
We also hear frontman Anthony Kiedis deliver some of his signature scat. Namechecking a whole host of pop culture icons, he starts off with: âMelle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bellâ. He also references Billy Idol, Robert Plant, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Duran Duran, Motörhead, Ramones, Funkadelic and more.
Itâs not as high-octane as some of Red Hot Chili Peppersâ best-loved work, but this is a good thing. Itâs languid, stoned and not in a hurry, and if you took out Kiedisâ vocals, this could quite easily have been the soundtrack to any early 1970s movie, and we love it.
2022 is to be a busy year for Red Hot Chili Peppers. They announced Unlimited Love back in January, and it is scheduled for release on April 1st. It will mark the bandâs first since the return of guitarist John Frusciante in 2019.
The new singles arrive before the band head out of their mammoth world tour. To support their return to the live circuit, the quartet have enlisted a stellar list of support acts. These include A$AP Rocky, Thundercat, Anderson . Paak & The Free Nationals, Haim, Beck, The Strokes, King Princess, and St. Vincent. The band will kick off their tour in June.
âOur only goal is to get lost in the music,â the band said of Unlimited Love in a press release. âWe (John, Anthony, Chad, and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks, and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words, and melodies had us enrapt.â
They continued: âWe yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our lifeâs mission. We work, focus, and prepare so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. ROCK OUT MOTHERFUCKERSâ.
Red Hot Chili Peppersâ last album, The Getaway, was released in 2016. Produced by Danger Mouse, it was their last body of work with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who had played with the band since 2007, after Fruscianteâs second departure. Klinghoffer is now a touring member of Pearl Jam.
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