Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dark Necessities

Veteran rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers have shared “Dark Necessities” as they gear up for the release of new album The Getaway, due for release on June 17^th. The 13-track record will be their first since 2011’s I’m With You LP.

The new track offsets their usual funky vibe – which still remains courtesy of Flea’s trademark wandering basslines – with a dreamier blend of soulful piano and washed out guitar. The band were rumored to have had over 30 songs written in 2014 and have been working with producer Danger Mouse to piece the record together: “[Danger Mouse] is very good about coming up with super-modern ideas, but he’ll also touch on the acoustic guitar in the control room and strip the song down to its acoustic essentials. Which is a beautiful place to be,” said frontman Anthony Kiedis. The Getaway also marks the first Chili Peppers album since 1989 to not be produced by Rick Rubin.

Fans had been teased earlier this week when the band revealed the name of “Dark Necessities,” with many commenting on its similarity to a song in Disney’s 1967 animated classic The Jungle Book which was remade earlier this year and the album artwork also gives a strong (albeit urbanized) nod to the movie.

Tracklist:

1. The Getaway
2. Dark Necessities
3. We Turn Red
4. The Longest Wave
5. Goodbye Angels
6. Sick Love
7. Go Robot
8. Feasting on the Flowers
9. Detroit
10. This Ticonderoga
11. Encore
12. The Hunter
13. Dreams of a Samurai

On top of the record, Red Hot Chili Peppers have a busy schedule of festival appearances lined up for summer.

May
22^nd: Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range
29^th: Napa Valley, CA – BottleRock

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TRACKS

Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro – BESO

June
3rd-5th: Mendig Airfield, Germany – Rock am Ring
3rd-5^th: Nuremburg, Germany – Rock im Park
8^th: Interlaken, Switzerland – Greenfield Festival
10^th: Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop
10th-12^th: Nickelsdorf, Austria – Novarock
29th-2^nd: Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
30th-3^rd: Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival

July
2^nd: Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
6^th: Kiev, Ukraine – U-Park Festival
9^th: Moscow, Russia – Park Live
10^th: Perthshire, Scotland – T in the Park
15^th: Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Bluesfest
16^th: Québec City, Québec – Festival d’été de Québec
22nd-24^th: Yuzawa-cho, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
22nd-24^th: Jinsan, South Korea – Valley Rock Festival
29th-31^st: Montreal, Québec – Osheaga Festival
30^th: Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza

August
25^th: Belfast, Northern Ireland – Tennent’s Vital
26th-27^th: Reading, England – Reading Festival
26^th-27^th: Leeds, England – Leeds Festival