Tuesday, May 29th 2012

News:  John Frusciante

Listen to John Frusciante ‘Glowe’

By Johnny Firecloud

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and stringed virtuoso John Frusciante has returned to us with a 5-song EP called Letur-Lefr, which arrives in July and is available for ordering in a variety of formats. He’s also releasing a full-length album in September, called PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone. To celebrate, we’re excited to share a new song entitled Glowe, the first track from the EP  the release.

All pre-orders come with an immediate MP3 download of Glowe.  All orders will ship to arrive by July 17th. Digital album downloads will be available on July 17th. Only the deluxe comes with high quality 300dpi resolution files of the cover art by John. Order here if you know what’s good for you.

Here’s a message from John himself:

Hello people,

There are two new John Frusciante records coming out.  The first is an EP entitled Letur-Lefr, and the second is an LP entitled PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone.  I sing, play the instruments and am the engineer. The EP features a few friends on vocals, mostly MC’ing.  The LP has one feature, the rest of the vocals being my own.

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach. I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

The tracks on Letur-Lefr are from 2010 and PBX was made in 2011. Letur is a compilation, a selected portion of music I made that year while PBX was conceived as an album, the songs having been recorded in succession. The records are very different from each other, so prior to the release of the LP, I will make available a free download of a song called Walls and Doors. This song pointed the way towards PBX, but was recorded 7 months earlier. I always took it for granted that Walls and Doors would be part of the record, but as it turned out the record was better off without it.

Letur-Lefr will be released in Japan on July 4^th, in North America on July 17^th, and in the rest of the world on July 16^th.  You can pre-order the EP, which will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and in 32 bit, FLAC and MP3 digital formats here.

PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone will be released in Japan on September 12^th, in North America on September 25^th and in the rest of the world on September 24^th. Like Letur-Lefr, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and in 32 bit, FLAC and MP3 digital formats.

We will provide a pre-order link for PBX sometime in early August.

- Thanks, John