Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan was recently a guest of The Logan Show and was asked if the band was working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2023, “Darkfighter” and “Lightbringer”. “Scott (Holiday, guitarist) and I, we’re talking about it right now, about getting started on writing the next Rival Sons record. So we’re doing that. I think Scott’s working on producing a rock band, and I’m working on producing a couple of artists as well in our downtime. I’m finishing up the writing for a solo record in tandem with beginning the work on another Rival Sons album.”
Buchanan talked about whether Dave Cobb will produce again, “More than likely. I mean, we’ve been together a really, really long time, but we’ve gotta talk with Dave. I think that something like that, even though we’ve worked together so much, everybody has to come together and feel really good. Things have to align properly. We always talk about it and see where everybody’s heads are at.
“I love working with Dave,” he added. “Gosh, we’ve recorded nine records with that man. That’s a lot of time together… He’s just so damn good at what he does. We love Dave, and I do. He’s a good friend and an extremely talented person.”
Asked if Cobb is “essentially almost like a silent member of Rival Sons”, since he’s worked with the band for so long now, Jay said, “Well, you could say that from a recording standpoint. When we’ve gone in to make records, we do ’em with Cobb, but I think that the band… We’ve covered so much ground, we’ve covered so much ground artistically and literally all over the world touring so much over the years, I think that when it comes to a certain degree of record making, he’s like a fifth member that way, but it’s only within that vacuum of when we’re making the records. Because who the band is outside of when we’re go in to make records is so much more. Our live show and the actual ethos and who the band is at its core, I think, is just so much more than what we do in the studio, because the writing takes place outside of the studio or outside of Cobb’s purview, or so much of it. Dave Cobb, he’ll lend a hand on inspiration and writing here and there, but I think that when we’re writing, it is very much like that. But I think that the more the band has grown, I think that it’s less and less so, and it’s less and less so that way, because we, and I think that Cobb would agree, that him watching us grow the way that we have, like our creative approach and everything. It’s wonderful to work together knowing each other so well. Cobb knows me just about as well as anybody else does. And having a shorthand of communication definitely helps out when you’re in the studio. A lot of the time you’ll just be thinking the same thing, and I think that that just comes from making so many records together that you can be on the same page. And then at other times be on a completely separate page because you’re so close. It’s like family.”
Rival Sons is likely one of the most underrated bands on the planet. Dig into their albums for the proof; “Pressure & Time” (2011), “Head Down” (2012), “Great Western Valkyrie” (2014), “Hollow Bones” (2016) and “Feral Roots” (2019), plus the aforementioned “Darkfighter” and “Lightbringer” (2023). “Do Your Worst” went to #1 at Rock Radio, it’s their biggest song to date, passing 60 million streams and counting.
Cannot wait to hear a new Rival Sons album!
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