The Western Front reveals the latest single Rain, taken from the near-mythical album Eureka, which will be released on 10 July via Music Theories Recordings / Artone Label Group. Listen to ‘Rain’ HERE.

The Western Front was conceived by rock luminaries Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders), Marty Walsh (Supertramp, John Fogerty), Darrell Verdusco (Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison), and stellar session players Richard “Moon” Calhoun (Chaka Khan, Andy Gibb) and Derek Bergmann (Yvonne Elliman, Jeff Barry), alongside guitarist, and longtime collaborator Dennis O’Donnell—a veteran music executive.
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Talking about Rain, Derek Bergmann recalls, “It wasn’t easy to record that one. I remember that day in the studio. It was like, ‘Man, I can’t come up with a part that makes any sense in this song’, because it was just so guitar-heavy at that point. But I’m happy with where we got it. The intro is guitar and synth, and I’m playing this really gnarly, dissonant part on a Jupiter-8.”

Rain follows Set Me Free, which was the first song to be released from the album. To understand the roots of Eureka, rewind to Los Angeles, California, 1980. Following a run of acclaimed but fleeting bands, the two session aces— Marty Walsh and Derek Bergmann—joined up with fellow guitarist and writing partner, Dennis O’Donnell, all set to leave their mark.

“Dennis and I had seen Richard ‘Moon’ Calhoun singing with his band The Strand, at a club in the San Fernando Valley,” recalls Walsh. “Moon was incredibly impressive, so Dennis, Derek and I had a conversation about bringing him in.” Meanwhile, Walsh tapped Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham: an old friend with whom he was then working at Supertramp drummer Bob Siebenberg’s Unstable Studio.

The chemistry was an instant fit.  The band would spend the next two years writing and recording the Eureka material. Tracked between ’83 and ’84, the track listing nods to its era but still sounds vital today.
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In a fair world, The Western Front’s debut would have arrived in the mid-’80s, right after Atlantic Records promised a major-label deal—only to have label upheaval sweep Eureka off the schedule. Fast-forward to 2023, when a Stockholm record man heard a couple of Western Front tracks online and reached out to ask why their near-mythical debut never saw the light of day. At the recommendation of friend and Toto guitar legend Steve Lukather, Walsh was able to strike a deal with the Mascot Label Group.
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The Western Front’s Eureka is a moment of long-overdue triumph, introducing a ‘new’ band to the world. “Eureka was a labour of love,” admits guitarist Marty Walsh.

Four decades down the line, the history of early-’80s rock is cast in stone, shining brightly for everyone to see.