ZZ Top’s planning a September 11, 2012 release of their first new studio album in nine years, La Futura. According to Universal Republic Records, the group’s upcoming album is a return to the “raw sound of the band’s formative years and will, inevitably, be considered a return to form on multiple levels.” Rick Rubin and Billy F Gibbons, the band’s guitarist/singer, produced the album which harkens back to the electric blues/roots approach from the group’s earlier years.
Gibbons and bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill put together the 10 tracks that make up La Futura. “We thought long and hard about what this album should be,” commented Gibbons. “We wanted to recall the directness of our early stuff but not turn our backs on contemporary technology. The result of this melding of the past and the present is, of course, La Futura.”
La Futura Track List:
I Gotsta Get Paid
Chartreuse
Consumption
Over You
Heartache in Blue
I Don’t Wanna Lose, Lose, You
Flyin’ High
It’s Too Easy Mañana
Big Shiny Nine
Have a Little Mercy
ZZ TOP Tour Dates:
July 16 – Moscow, Russia – Crocus Hall
July 18 – St Petersburg, Russia – Yubi
July 20 – Imatra, Finland Saimaa Open Air
July 21 – Helsinki, Finland Kaiserfest
July 23 – Ystad, Sweden Oja Castle
July 24 – Brondby, Denmark Criketbanen
July 26 – Tienen, Belgium Suikerrock Festival
July 27 – Paris, France Olympia
July 29 – St Julien, France Guitare en Scene
July 31 – Avenches, Switzerland Rock Oz Arenes
August 3 – Notodden Norway Notodden Blues Festival
August 14 – Bakersfield, CA – Bakersfield Fox Theater
August 15 – Santa Rosa, CA – Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
August 17 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino
August 18 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
August 19 – Concord, CA – Sleep Train Pavilion
August 21 – Eagle, ID – Eagle River Pavilion
August 22 – Troutdale, OR – Edgefield
August 24 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater
August 25 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
Details on ZZ Top [Courtesy of Universal Republic Records]:
The fact that the new album’s title is in Spanish is a nod to an early ZZ Top tradition manifested in the titles of some of the band’s earliest albums including Tres Hombres, Fandango!, El Loco and Degüello. Known for decades by the sobriquet “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas,” ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Keith Richards in 2004 and has maintained a very active international and domestic touring schedule over the intervening years. They signed to American Recordings a few years ago and have been working on what would become La Futura in spurts since then. Last year they finally entered Foam Box Recordings in Houston, working full time to lay down the tracks that would comprise La Futura. Additional recording for the album took place at Shangri La Studios in Malibu, CA. in spurts since then. Last year they finally entered Foam Box Recordings in Houston, working full time to lay down the tracks that would comprise La Futura. Additional recording for the album took place at Shangri La Studios in Malibu, CA.
Source: Universal Republic Records