Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure

Despite having an awful pun, No Pier Pressure is an interesting new album by Beach Boys member Brian Wilson. It's set to feature Lana Del Rey, Kacey Musgraves, Zooey Deschanel of She & Him, and Nate Ruess of Fun. Frank Ocean was also destined for a guest appearance but was cut out.

Beck also recorded guitar for the album, and did 3-4 songs in the studio. They were however never completed and Beck described the recording sessions as "something not quite right". He maintained that Wilson hardly spoke to him during sessions, and that sometime after, Beck says, "I did go up to check out this deli in Benedict Canyon or Coldwater Canyon that he frequents. He goes to it regularly three times a day. And I heard about this ... recently, I went up there and sure enough within five minutes he walked in. And on the way out, I said, 'Hello, Brian,' he said, 'Hi!' And he walked straight past me [laughs]. It was like I never existed. We had never toured for five weeks. There's something not quite right."

The album is set to be released sometime in spring of 2015.

01 This Beautiful Day
02 Runaway Dancer [ft. Sebu Simonian]
03 What Ever Happened [ft. Al Jardine and David Marks]
04 On The Island [ft. She & Him]
05 Our Special Love [ft. Peter Hollens]
06 The Right Time [ft. Al Jardine and David Marks]
07 Guess You Had To Be There [ft. Kacey Musgraves]
08 Tell Me Why [ft. Al Jardine]
09 Sail Away [ft. Blondie Chaplin and Al Jardine]
10 One Kind Of Love
11 Saturday Night [ft. Nate Ruess]
12 The Last Song
13 Half Moon Bay

If you look at the track list above, it looks as if Lana Del Rey, who were to feature on "The Last Song" and Ocean, who were to feature "Our Special Love", didn't make the final cut. A surprise, since other rumored guest vocalists did. Hopefully we'll get to hear the sessions someday in some form.