Butch Walker is not a fool: His last album, which was a concept record about a divided America, was recorded from the point of view of both earnest lefties as well as far-right loons. The follow-up is available here Butch Walker As…GlennThe Green Day producer, guitarist, and songwriter transforms into a Seventies barroom keyboard player, whose name gives the album its title.
Walker shared the news with reporters ahead of its August 26 release date. “Holy Water Hangover,” a piano ballad about losing sight of one’s identity. “Ain’t it funny when the mirror looks back at you/and it don’t know who you are,” Walker/Glenn sings. “Holy Water Hangover” arrives with a music video filmed at Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater in Los Angeles that’s replete with prisms, a burlesque dancer, and Walker in outrageously rouged cheeks.
“Between reaching for all of my rock n roll piano balladeer muses of my youth while driving or motorcycling, and feeling a common thread of snarky humor with sad reality, I started a journey for this new crop of songs,” Walker wroteThe album can be found on social media. “I said to myself, ‘Okay… you haven’t really written a record that feels like a soundtrack to all the rock balladeer bar singers out there.. and you know you wanna…’”
Together with “Holy Water Hangover,” GlennIt also includes a sequel. “Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty),” a song off Walker’s 2006 glam album The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-TonitesThe title “Tell Me I’m Pretty (Bethamphetamine Part 2),”Elizabeth Cook and the collaboration “Don’t Let It Weigh Heavy on Your Heart.” (Walker produced Cook’s superb 2020 album Aftermath.)
Walker will support Walker by returning to the road. GlennIn October, a 11-city tour will be held. Aaron Lee Tasjan, who performs on Glenn, will open and play with Walker’s band.
Butch Walker As… GlennTracklist
1. “The Band Takes the Stage”
2. “Leather Weather (Mr. and Ms. Understanding)”
3. “Roll Away (Like a Stone)”
4. “Avalanche”
5. “State-Line Fireworks”Sue Clayton
6. “Slow Leak”
7. “Bar Fight”
8. “Tell Me I’m Pretty (Bethamphetamine Part 2)”
9. “Holy Water Hangover”
10. “Don’t Let It Weigh Heavy on Your Heart” ft. Elizabeth Cook
11. “The Negotiator”
12. “The Band Plays an Encore”
13. “Lean Into Me”
The Tour Dates
Oct. 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
Oct. 18 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Oct. 19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Oct. 21 – Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents
Oct. 23 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Oct. 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl
Oct. 27 – Townson, MD @ The Recher
Oct. 28 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
Oct. 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Nov. 1 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Nov. 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Terragram Ballroom