Little Feat – criminally underrated pioneering rock band, who blend genres from blues to americana and country, and some of the most skilled musicians of all time and architects of the Americana sound – announce they are back with a dynamic new album, ‘Strike Up The Band‘, set for release May 9th 2025 via Hot Tomato.
Their latest single ‘Midnight Flight‘ has a trademark Little Feat syncopated groove, ear
worm horn melody, love struck lyrics, and a Scott Sharrard blistering guitar solo, which in
all, make it yet another remarkable addition to the Little Feat canon.
Stream ‘Midnight Flight’ – here
“I wrote this song in the winter of 2020, shortly after joining Little Feat.” stated Sharrard,
adding, “Looking back on it, I feel like this song blends the sonic palate of Freddie King’s
albums with Leon Russell and the sound we all love so much, which we heard on Little
Feat‘s ‘comeback’ album, ‘Let It Roll‘. It’s got that boogie feel that gets people up.”
At this point in its illustrious, nearly 60-year career, rock legends Little Feat could be
excused if they wanted to take its proverbial foot off the gas. However, that wouldn’t be in
Little Feat’s DNA. From the very first note of ‘Strike Up The Band‘, you will hear Little Feat –
who have been rocking and rolling since 1969 – mean business.
Together with producer Vance Powell (Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White), and
collaborators including Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert
Hunter, they created their new album, ‘Strike Up The Band‘ destined to be considered their
later year magnum opus.
From the very first note of ‘Strike Up The Band‘, you will hear Little
Feat – who have been rocking and rolling since 1969 – mean business. Songs like ‘4 Days
Of Heaven, 3 Days Of Work‘, ‘Shipwrecks‘, ‘Midnight Flight‘, and ‘Bluegrass Pines (feat.
Molly Tuttle, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams)’ are as dexterous, considered, and creative
as any song in the Little Feat canon to date.
Their lyrics are inventive, transportive, abstract and emotive in their pursuit of celebrating the good times and holding you close in the bad.
Guitars scream and slide, pianos rock and boogie, drums shuffle you down the road in the
way that only Little Feat can. This is the album Little Feat fans have been waiting for and is
an undeniable statement from a band who in many ways are just getting started in their
56th year.
Tracklist:
1. 4 Days of Heaven 3 Days of Work
2. Bayou Mama
3. Shipwrecks
4. Midnight Flight
5. Too High To Cut My Hair
6. When Hearts Fall
7. Strike Up The Band (feat. Larkin Poe)
8. Bluegrass Pines (feat. Molly Tuttle, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams)
9. Disappearing Ink
10. Love and Life (Never Fear)
11. Dance a Little
12. Running Out of Time with the Blues
13. New Orleans Cries When She Sings
Bio:
Little Feat built a cult following in the late 60s and 70s for their pioneering gumbo of New
Orleans rhythm-and-blues, country, hard-rock, funk and jazz. Celebrated as a key influence
by icons from Bonnie Raitt to The Rolling Stones, yet commercial success remained at arms
length (and more recently current stars like 1975’s Matt Healy), yet commercial success
remained at arms length.
Songs like ‘Dixie Chicken‘, ‘Spanish Moon‘, ‘Fat Man in the Bathtub‘, and ‘Rock and Roll Doctor‘ are legends in the rock and roll songbook. They have released a total of 16 studio albums and 10 live albums to date. Through the ups and downs, love and loss, the line-up shifts, and endless touring they have remained together and the closest of friends.
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