Black Rebel Motorcycle’s new album Wrong Creatures is due out January 12, marking the long-awaited follow-up to their previous album Specter at the Feast.
Wrong Creatures began to formulate in 2015 after drummer Leah Shapiro was six months clear of life-saving brain surgery. The trio had come off a tour and began sketching out new songs in their private lockout space appropriately nicknamed ‘The Bunker’ in North Hollywood.
“It’s a crazy making machine, it can chew you up good, I mean we literally toured ‘till the wheels came off and Leah’s brain literally started leaking out of her head,” says vocalist and bassist Robert Levon Been. “I know I’ve battled on and off with mental depression, and Pete’s head never came with any proper instructions.”
The album features production from Nick Launay, who has worked alongside Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Arcade Fire.
