Received a press release yesterday that Son Volt is set to release a new album, American Central Dust, on July 7 via Rounder Records. Jay Farrar's band this time around is Dave Bryson (drums), Andrew Duplantis (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chris Masterson (lead guitar) and Mark Spencer (keyboards, steel guitar). Album cover below.
In this week's paper, I interviewed Son Volt's Jay Farrar. SV's latest, American Central Dust, arrived in stores last week. He spoke about song inspirations (and a forthcoming project with Ben Gibbard) in print; below find more talk about side project Gob Iron, and the connection between Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt's new label, Rounder Records. For other tidbits about the band, Son Volt drummer Dave Bryson's blog is recommended (and hilarious) reading. It wouldn't be out of the ordinary to find ph
