OMG NEW RHCP!!!!

It's days like today that I know I love my job and wouldn't want to do anything else. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new album, I'm With You, coming out Aug 30th produced by Rick Rubin. We were expecting the first single "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" to be officially released Monday afternoon. However it got leaked in some fashion tonight and I was the first person to play it in all of Canada at 10pm/AST!!

I found it to be a very cool song. It had that funkidelic rock sound we've come to expect out of RHCP, but with a new vibe. Between bassist Flea studying music in University for the last few years and new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, there's enough reason for the sound to be different. But it's still RHCP. Going through the different guitarists they've had (Hillel Slovak, John Fusciante, Dave Navarro and now Josh) there's always been a unique sound to their albums, but it's always sounded like RHCP. Admittedly Josh has a guitar style of his own, he doesn't sound like he's trying to be any of the other guitarists that have played with the Peppers. It's not in your face flashy, it's tasteful & fitting for the band. And the production is just what I expect when Rick Ruban produces a kick ass record! Sonically, the man knows his shit!

I am so pumped for this album now! Definitely keeping a copy of that track for myself while I wait for the release date. We're gonna play the song all weekend on Live 105, so you'll get your fix of new Peppers that's for sure. Just for a little something else, here's the single art work. Cheers!