Following a triumphant 12-date tour of the UK this May, that found them showered them with rave reviews, Robert Jon & The Wreck soon thereafter announced they would be returning to these shores in February 2023. Such is the enthusiasm for the band that an extra date has already been added for the Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms on Monday 13th February.
Tickets for the newly added Edinburgh concert, and the rest of the UK tour dates are available from the band’s website.
Robert Jon &The Wreck are also said to be “proud to confirm their special guests on the UK tour will be Meghan Parnell and Dave Barnes from Bywater Call“.
The Californian Southern rockers’ Wreckage Vol. 2 album is out now and it’s a collection of exclusive in-studio and live concert performances recorded from 2020 – 2022, available on KBTA Records.
Alongside the album, comes a new single in ‘Dark Roses’.‘ It is a new original song recorded at the legendary Sunset Sound in Los Angeles with Darrell Thorp. The song has been described as “one of their more sentimental songs written about the real-life loss of a friend who was close to the band”.
You can check out the video for ‘Dark Roses’ right here at RAMzine, as you can previous singles.
Wreckage Vol. 2 represents a career spanning collection of tracks including brand-new song debuts. There are fresh versions of fan favourites ‘On The Run’and‘Cannonball’, hot-off-the-press live recordings of The Wreck’s critically acclaimed, searing 2022 singles, ‘She’s a Fighter’ and ‘Waiting For Your Man’ and what’s been described as “an incredible rendition” of The Band’s ‘The Weight’.
The new original songs on the album include ‘Old Hotel Room’ and ‘Dark Roses’, recorded at the legendary Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, CA.
The following is a list of tracks featured, where recorded, along with other pertinent details:
‘She’s A Fighter’ – Recorded live at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels Belgium on 29th June, during the band’s 2022 European Tour. This track was featured frequently as the opening song of the set many nights on that tour. It was the first tour that the band had played this track live on the road.
‘Waiting For Your Man’ – Also recorded live at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels Belgium on 29th June. This song was written earlier in the year and the single version was recorded by Alex Pasco at the legendary EastWest Studios in Los Angeles.
‘Rescue Train’ – Recorded just before the COVID pandemic on 26th February, 2020, at Shuffle Brothers Studios in Gallatin Tennessee. The band was on a tour in the Southern United States and recorded this track on a day off.
‘Rescue Train’ is one of the band’s oldest songs and is some of the first music Robert Jon ever recorded, however, it was the first single released from theforthcoming album, and is still available to stream and download from here – You can also check out a live video of the band performing the track from their latest show in Paris, right here at RAMzine.
‘The Weight’– Also recorded on 26th February, 2020, during the Shuffle Brothers Studio session. Robert Jon & The Wreck have been playing their funky version of this track for years in bars across the States. This is one of the first cover songs to be released by RJTW.
‘Old Hotel Room’ – Recorded on 23rd June, 2020, at Sunset Sound with Darrell Thorp. The song was written around the Last Light On The Highway writing sessions but was never recorded. This was the band’s first time working with Thorp who has recorded and produced some of their favourite albums of all time. His credits include Beck, The Foo Fighters, Radiohead and OutKast.
“‘Old Hotel Room’ is about the loneliness of being on the road,” said The Wreck’s lead singer and guitarist Robert Jon Burrison. “It’s about thinking about the one you left back home, and the struggle that one can have out there, in an old hotel room.”
The single for it is available to stream and download from here.
‘Dark Roses’ – Also recorded on 23rd June, 2020, at Sunset Sound with Thorp. This song is one of RJTW’s more sentimental songs written about the real-life loss of a friend who was close to the band.
‘On the Run’ – Also recorded on 23rd June, 2020, at Sunset Sound sessions with Thorpe. This track was originally recorded 4th July, 2014, and the song has been in the RJTW catalogue for almost a decade. This particular session was recorded for Warren Huart’s Produce Like a Pro Academy where students were able to download the track to mix on their own.
‘Cannonball’ – Recorded on 26th February, 2020, during the Shuffle Brothers Studio session. The track is one of a few instrumental by RJTW and originally appeared on the band’s 2020 release Last Light On The Highway. With its extended solo section, this track has a different feel each time it is played live.
‘Something to Remember Me By’ – Recorded live at DJE on 14th May, 2020. RJTW recorded and filmed a live stream mid pandemic from DJE’s studio in Foothill Ranch CA. The song originally appears on the band’s 2019 release Take Me Higher and features a heavy guitar riff throughout the song.
‘Witchcraft’ – Also recorded at the DJE session 14th May, 2020. This song is a classic RJTW instrumental and can last over 10 mins live. The track has several different sections and highlights guitarist Henry James and keyboard player Steve Maggiora’s playing during the extended solo sections. When played live, this song never sounds the same twice.Said to capture all the energy and excitement that Robert Jon & The Wreck generate every time they perform to their growing fanbase, Wreckage Vol. 2 is available to pre-order from here.
Robert Jon & The Wreck return to the UK in February 2023, and tickets are available here.
