ZZ TOP legend BILLY F GIBBONS trails his forthcoming solo album with a new video.
The desert-twangin' 'West Coast Junkie' is the first track to be revealed from Hardware, the Texan guitarist's third album, following on from 2015's Perfectamundo and 2018's The Big Bad Blues.
Hardware was recorded at Escape Studios in California's high desert, near Palm Springs, by Gibbons with former Cult and Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Mike Fiorentino, along with engineer Chad Shlosser.
All but one of the tracks on Hardware are credited to the quartet with the remaining song a cover of '(Hey Baby) Que Paso', a hit for Texas Tornados, the supergroup featuring Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Freddie Fender and Flaco Jiminez.
“We holed up in the desert for a few weeks in the heat of the summer and that in itself was pretty intense," says Gibbons. "To let off steam we just ‘let it rock’ and that’s what Hardware is really all about. For the most part, it’s a raging rocker but always mindful of the desert’s implicit mystery.”
Set for release on 4 June through Concord Records, Hardware is available to pre-order here.
Pic by Blain Clausen