Beck’s new album “Ride Lonesome” is coming out this fall. The musicians from my original touring and recording band that I recorded “Sea Change,” “Morning Phase” and “Mutations” with — Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning, and Jason Falkner— reconvened with me at my favorite studio (Room B at United Studios in Hollywood). We had Nigel Godrich, who worked on “Sea Change” and “Mutations” with us mixing all the songs. It had been a decade since we went in the studio and recorded “Morning Phase.” This time It felt like the playing and the chemistry had evolved and deepened— a sound that’s come together over the decades of working together.
While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.
I met Sierra five years ago on a dance floor in Nashville. She taught an LA boy how to two step. Then she got on stage with the house band to sing a few tunes. A local leaned in my ear and said you gotta hear this girl, she’s the real deal. And she was. Been a long time coming to sing together. I think it might’ve beat the original version of this tune.
“Ride Lonesome (feat. Sierra Ferrell)” by Beck
Ride Lonesome, Beck’s new album, will be released September 18th via Capitol Records,
The Fat Angel Sings 