The first album from Hot Snakes in 14 years.
“I considered stopping playing guitar on a social media poll after I completely mastered the instrument,” co-founder John Reis said in a press statement.
“But so many people kept sending me letters and voicemail messages, asking me at the dry cleaners, or the butcher shop to bring back Hot Snakes.”
“The inspiration would be simple, maybe even kind of straightforward,” he also said.
“Very early rock ‘n’ roll DNA with lots of rules. I would find some note or rhythm in it that captivated me and I dwelled on it and bent it… A lot of the other Hot Snakes records always had tension and release, but this one is mainly just tension.”