With John Frusciante’s homecoming, productivity and creativity have apparently also returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers: While there were six years between the previous album THE GETAWAY (2016) and the new UNLIMITED LOVE, which was released in spring 2022, the legendary funk rock band has passed Singer Antony Kiedis recently announced that they already have another album in the pipeline with RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN. And now there are details about that.
Their 13th record is scheduled for release on October 14th. It was again produced by Rick Rubin and, like its predecessor, includes a whopping 17 songs. The track listing is as follows:
01. Tippa My Tongue
02. Peace And Love
03. Reach Out
04. Eddy
05. Fake As Fu@k
06. Bella
07. Roulette
08. My Cigarette
09. Afterlife
10. Shoot Me A Smile
11. Handful
12. The Drummers
13. Bag Of Grins
14. La La La La La La La La
15. Copperbelly
16. Carry Me Home
17. In The Snow
They announced the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Instagram in a video that also shows the alleged artwork:
UNLIMITED LOVE was released on April 1st, 2022 and was the first album with John Frusciante since STADIUM ARCADIUM (2006). Frusciante left in 2008 and rejoined in 2019. His interim replacement Josh Klinghoffer is now hired out as a live musician at Pearl Jam, among other things. RS author Jenni Zylka gave UNLIMITED LOVE four stars out of five in her review.
On Sunday (July 24th) the Red Hot Chili Peppers surprised their fans with an announcement: With RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN there will be a new record on October 14th. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis says, “‘Return Of The Dream Canteen’ is everything we are and everything we ever dreamed of being”. The record is available now here be pre-ordered.
Earlier this year, the band told NME that they had a vision for a new studio album. Kiedis explained: “We’re going to put out a handful of music – literally. Don’t be surprised if you have another wheelbarrow full of songs coming your way in the near future. We have a lot of stuff to excite people with.”
The idea for her new project came about quite spontaneously. “We went in search of ourselves as the band that we’ve kind of always been. Just for fun we jammed and learned some old songs. It didn’t take long and we began the mysterious process of writing new songs. This chemistry that we’ve encountered hundreds of times along the way,” he continues.
The quartet described the whole process as something of a no-brainer: “Once we found that stream of sound and vision, we just kept building. With time turning into an elastic waistband of oversized underwear, we had no reason to stop writing and rocking. It felt like a dream. When all was said and done, our fickle love for each other and the magic of music had gifted us with more songs than we knew how to handle. RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN is everything we are and everything we always dreamed of.”