Melodies on Hiatus: Orange w/ Magenta & Black Splatter Vinyl LP

Pop/rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is the lead & rhythm guitarist and songwriting member of the GRAMMY® and BRIT Awards-winning band The Strokes. He has released 4 solo albums to date, most recently the acclaimed “Francis Trouble” in 2018 which spawned the radio single “Far Away Truths”. In the 4 years, since then, The Strokes released their US Top 10 charting GRAMMY® nominated rock record “The New Abnormal” and toured the world extensively. Albert also began the songwriting process for his 5th solo album “Melodies on Hiatus”, a 19-track album, crafted in a most experimental style. Albert teamed up with his writing partner, Canadian songwriter, and poet Simon Wilcox (whom he never met during the process) and had lengthy conversations via the telephone; Simon would jot down notes from Albert’s stream of consciousness, and draft the lyrics on her typewriter, and drop them into his letterbox! Albert then added the lyrics to the melodies he had already crafted. The songwriting process became a long distant “anonymous love affair of ideas & lyrics.” The album covers themes of childhood, surviving adolescence, adulthood, vulnerability, fame, relationship with self and others, and is Albert’s “deconstructed broken down ego reaction” to “Francis Trouble.” The album also features songs with GoldLink, Matt Helders (of the Arctic Monkeys), Steve Stevens and Rainsford, and was mixed by Tony Hoffer (known for his work with Beck, Air, M83, The Kooks, Fitz and the Tantrums, Metric, Chromeo, etc.) and mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters (Paramore, Spoon, Tame Impala, Jimmy Eat World, Peanut Butter Wolfe).TracklistingDisc: 11. Libertude2. 100-99 (ft. Goldlink)3. Memo Of Hate4. Downtown Fred5. Old Man6. Home Again7. I Got You8. Darlin'9. 5. Thoughtful Distress (ft. Matt Helders & Steve Stevens)Disc: 21. Fast Kitten2. Caught By Night3. I'd Never Leave4. Dead Air5. One Chance6. Never Stop7. False Alarm8. 13. Remember (ft. Rainsford)9. 81810. 19. Alright Tomorrow (ft. Rainsford).

Tracklisting

Disc: 1
1. Libertude
2. 100-99 (ft. Goldlink)
3. Memo Of Hate
4. Downtown Fred
5. Old Man
6. Home Again
7. I Got You
8. Darlin'
9.5. Thoughtful Distress (ft. Matt Helders & Steve Stevens)

Disc: 2
1. Fast Kitten
2. Caught By Night
3. I'd Never Leave
4. Dead Air
5. One Chance
6. Never Stop
7. False Alarm
8. 13. Remember (ft. Rainsford)
9. 818
10. 19. Alright Tomorrow (ft. Rainsford)