ADAM MASTERSON | Time Bomb album cover
ADAM MASTERSON
WILD WOLVES
“With a sense of urgency and drama, gritty vocals and a soaring chorus, this has the feel of Springsteen. Propulsive percussion and bass drive the song forward while rolling keys and rocking guitar blast the song through with energy and compelling melody. The result is an immediate and forceful piece of songwriting. The animated video captures the song’s mood, with images of wolves interspersed with Masterson rocking out on his guitar.”
AMERICANA UK
song included on
TIME BOMB
new album
out now digital
out 21.07.23 LP | CD
“This has the feel of a classic album with a perfect running order. Does not disappoint”
LOUDER THAN WAR (UK)
“A fine, innovative talent and a genuinely interesting record which sounds incredibly coherent for one with so many disparate sounds”
MAXIMUM VOLUME MUSIC (UK)
“Merges all of his soulful, inquisitive and sentimental musical and lyrical edges”
AMERICAN SONGWRITER (US)
“Paints a picture of Masterson as an ultra-vivid, street poet-type of songwriter in the electric Bob Dylan/Lou Reed/Bruce Springsteen tradition”
ROCK AND BLUES MUSE (US)
ALBUM LAUNCH EVENTS
LONDON – THE BEDFORD
18.07.23
tickets
SHEFFIELD – THE ALDER BAR
20.07.23
free entry
London-born but New York-based Adam Masterson represents the timeless ideal of a rock star – classic guitar, tousled hair, vintage shades – yet he does so for the here and now. Embracing old school influences but with copious amounts of spirit and soul added into the mix, he emerges as an outlier built from his own design, bucking trends while simultaneously emanating stadium-sized charisma. He has shared stages with the likes of Tori Amos, Amy Winehouse and Stereophonics (in actual stadiums), guested with Patti Smith and Mick Jones (The Clash), while publications such as The Guardian, Billboard and American Songwriter have all gushed with praise about his previous output.
Masterson’s diverse sounding new album, ‘Time Bomb’, is just his second, and it comes a full two decades after his debut effort, ‘One Tale Too Many’. Reflecting both the personal and musical journeys that he has been on over the years, it switches gears several times over the course of twelve songs that are the very definition of eclectic. The energetic and rousing Springsteen-style workout ‘Wild Wolves’ is offset by a louche and very British panache on the anthemic and Mott-ish ‘Bring Back The Freaks’, ‘Crazy Rain’ is a confident mid-tempo Americana rocker that contrasts with a dramatic and cinematic title song that opens the album, while the Paul Weller-ish gospel-soul vibe of ‘Take a Little Love’ is counterbalanced with Van Morrison-esque atmospherics in the record closing ‘Leaves Against The Sky’.
A number of guest musicians joined Masterson in the album recording process, including guitarists David Rhodes (Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker) and Leo Abrahams (Paolo Nutini, Regina Spektor), bassists Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Charlie Jones (Goldfrapp, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page) and Brett Bass (Gregg Allman), drummers Charlie Drayton (The Cult, Divinyls), Jeremy Stacey (King Crimson, Ryan Adams) and Omar Hakim (David Bowie, Journey), with Rob Clores (Jesse Malin, Charli XCX) and Ben Stivers (Lyle Lovett, Matchbox Twenty) on piano and Peter Tickell (Sting) contributing mandolin and violin parts.
Masterson produced the album with input from mixers/engineers/co-producers James Hallawell (The Waterboys/Graham Parker), Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Sheryl Crow), Sean Genocky (The Black Crowes, Richard Ashcroft), Ron Saint Germain (Soundgarden, 311), Dave O’Donnell (James Taylor, Keith Richards), Craig Dreyer (Pete Francis, Dispatch) and Paul Stacey (Oasis, The Black Crowes).
TIME BOMB
TRACKLISTING
1 Time Bomb
2 Bring Back The Freaks
3 Chains
4 Take A Little Love
5 Run Away
6 Avenue Walk
7 The Kiss
8 Wild Wolves
9 Crazy Rain
10 Rusty Cans And Dusty Alleys
11 Cry With No Tears
12 Leaves Against The Sky
ADAM MASTERSON photography by Anna Gabriel
