Greensky Bluegrass is gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album, All For Money, due out on January 18th, 2019 via the band’s own label, Big Blue Zoo Records. Today, the jamgrass quintet has released the album’s title track, “All For Money”, a psychedelic exploration of the album’s core message that you can listen to below.
“The title of the album comes from a song with the same name. I thought on this concept for a long time,” said GSBG frontman Paul Hoffman in a press release. “This paradox that exists in doing what you love or having your dreams come true. We are so truly blessed. But also, what if the support and all the attention starts to feel like crowding and containment. I wanted to be careful about how to say this. It’s tricky. I’m not harboring any resent or regret. Far from it in fact. Pride and honor. But if we get tired or if we’re making decisions based on our needs to eat or the desires of others, well, that’s just not ‘doing what you love.’ The song and the album are so much about us. It’s about what we do and the love we receive in return. So ‘if you need a voice, I’m yours friend. For something better in the end.”
“Never has one of our ‘title tracks’ felt more like a true title track to me,” added dobro master Anders Beck. “This song defines us, not just in Paul’s lyrics that speak of the roller coaster of emotions we go through as a band, but in the way in which we deliver the message. Playful, joyous, fearless, psychedelic, triumphant, weird, emotional … all of these words describe the way we play on this song. Each section feels like an opus. It comes in waves and requires your focus to make it through … if you do, the reward is strong. We’re asking the most we ever have of our listeners on this song. Believe us, the payoff is worth it.”
The follow up to 2016’s Shouted, Written Down & Quoted, the new twelve-track record was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, NC alongside co-producers Dominic John Davis (Jack White’s longtime bassist) and Glenn Brown.
Greensky Bluegrass has a handful of dates left before celebrating New Year’ Eve at the iconic Riviera Theatre in Chicago from December 28th through the 31st. Then, in January, the band will kick off an extended winter tour with special guests Circles Around The Sun, Billy Strings, and Cris Jacobs Band, with stops at famed venues across the country including The Ryman Auditorium, The Beacon Theatre, The Anthem, The Tabernacle, and more.