The new album! – According to vocalist/guitarist Dave Pirner, making Soul Asylum’s twelfth studio fulllength, Hurry Up And Wait, was a completely seamless, enjoyable and productive experience. Coproduced with John Fields – and recorded at Minneapolis’ Nicollet Studios, the same place where the celebrated rock band recorded seminal early albums released on Twin/Tone Records – the album reflects Soul Asylum’s usual eclectic approach. Lyrically, the songs dive into topics such as grappling with emotional and geographic disconnection, navigating romantic ebbs and flows, and the power of embracing optimism despite it all. Sonically, Hurry Up And Wait features thrashing songs indebted to punk (“Hopped Up Feelin’”) and classic rock (“Got It Pretty Good”), folk-influenced pop-rock (“Silly Things”), and gorgeous janglepop (lead single “If I Told You”).
01 The Beginning
02 If I Told You
03 Got It Pretty Good
04 Make Her Laugh
05 Busy Signals
06 Social Butterfly
07 Dead Letter
08 Landmines
09 Here We Go
10 Freezer Burn
11 Silent Treatment
12 Hopped Up Feelin’
13 Silly Things