Iconic singer/songwriter Joe Jackson will release a new studio album titled “Hope and Fury” on April 10th, 2026. The 22nd studio album from Jackson in his famed career, the record features lyrics like this, suggesting he’s pretty fired up these days:
“Hello cruel world / I’m not going away / So I might as well have my say.”
Featuring nine new songs, this album showcases Jackson’s ability to stay true to his vision — and challenge himself in the studio, even this far into his career. A news release quotes Jackson’s recent statement given in rare interview to the U.K.’s Chap magazine: “I always knew I was in this music thing for life. So every now and again I’m going to do something different, to keep it interesting.”
As for some album context, here are details from the news release: After laying the groundwork for the album in Michael Tibes’ Fuzz Songs Full of Contrast, Humour and Heart Factory studio in Berlin, Jackson returned to New York’s Reservoir Studios with co-producer Patrick Dillett and assembled his on-and-off band since 2016 — “bassist for life” Graham Maby, guitarist Teddy Kumpel, and drummer Doug Yowell — augmented by the Latin percussion of Peruvian native Paulo Stagnaro. The result might strike a fan as a cross between 2019’s “Fool”, 1991’s “Laughter and Lust”, and 1982’s “Night and Day”.
Grammy-winning artist Joe Jackson announces his own return right in the lyrics of one of his new songs: ‘Hello cruel world/I’m not going away/So I might as well have my say’. Often labeled a musical chameleon, Jackson insists that most of his work belongs to his own ‘mainstream’ – sophisticated pop songs with ever-shifting rhythms and textures. The 2026 album features nine new songs in total – ranging from biting, witty pop to moving ballads. Living between New York and Portsmouth, Jackson calls himself ‘bicoastal’ – geographically and musically.
He describes ‘Hope and Fury’ as bicoastal latinjazzfunkrock’.
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