On March 6th, 2020 – just a week before the country shut down because of Covid-19 – Jeremy Porter and The Tucos wrapped up tracking on their new album Candy Coated Cannonball. The album was recorded at Willis Sound – a huge, converted 1895 church in rural Willis, Michigan. Jim Roll (Jason Ringenberg, Chris Bathgate) twisted the knobs and lent his opinions about sounds and performances. Tim Patalan (Cheap Trick, Sponge, Watershed, The Fags, Ted Nugent) mixed the album at The Loft in Saline, Michigan, and Dan Coutant (The Sword, Smoking Popes, War on Women) mastered the tracks at Sun Room Audio in Windsor, NY.
This is The Tucos fourth album, and first with bassist Bob Moulton. Since the release of 2017’s Don’t Worry, It’s Not Contagious they’ve played a couple hundred shows across the US, Canada, England and Wales, released a Christmas EP, and opened for some amazing artists like Beach Slang, Jesse Dayton, Arlo McKinley, Sponge, American Aquarium, Colin Gawel & The League Bowlers and more.
Candy Coated Cannonball will be released on January 22, 2021 on LP, CD, and digital by GTG Records. You can pre-order the record NOW and get in on a discount price and some freebie swag only available before the release-date. There are combo-packages available and pre-orders should arrive in advance of the official release.
Click HERE for vinyl bundles and HERE for the JP&T store home page.
The first single from Candy Coated Cannonball is “Dead Ringer.” The B-side is the non-album track “Hummingbird Heartbeat” which is NOT a cover of the Katy Perry song. You can stream/buy the track on their Bandcamp or watch the DIY lyric video here:
