Jacket Thief: Scott Reeder of Fu Manchu Announces Solo Release
Add Fu Manchu drummer Scott Reeder to the list of the band’s members putting out solo releases in 2023. Fu bassist Brad Davis issued a debut with Gods of Sometimes this summer. Guitarist Bob Balch has like 75 bands, among them currently active is Yawning Balch and the multinational interpretive Slayer covers outfit Slower. If guitarist/vocalist Scott Hill decides to do a garage punk record or something, that’ll be enough for Bingo. Next time you’re asked who missed playing live the most during the pandemic, Fu Manchu might be your answer. Dudes must’ve been restless as hell.
Jacket Thief is the name of Reeder‘s outfit, and the album to be self-released through TripKey Records is called Lights Out on the Shore. The first single is “TLFN,” and where the PR wire sends word of various moods/vibes, the single is very much a single: catchy, inviting, straightforward. Its sound is heavy in the bottom end but not shooting for aggression or even necessarily density so much as melodic expression. Balch provides a solo, but beyond that it would seem Reeder played all the instruments and sings, as the video shows him playing guitar with color effects added and the lyrics splashed across the screen.
No, I won’t spoil what “TLFN” stands for, but if you search it and come up with “time-lagged feedforward neural networks,” I’ll tell you that’s not what the song is about, fascinating though they are.
From the PR wire:
FU MANCHU’s Scott Reeder Debuts Solo Project JACKET THIEF
New Album, “Lights Out On The Shore,” Out Sept 29th
Stream The First Single “TLFN” Now!
Notable Southern California bred multi-instrumentalist and FU MANCHU drummer Scott Reeder has taken the plunge into solo waters with his new project JACKET THIEF. The revered musician’s upcoming debut album, “Lights Out On The Shore,” was born out of studio sessions with Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Ryan Mall (Dropkick Murphys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gaslight Anthem), where Reeder cultivated his vision, bringing together his desert rock roots with melodic, acoustic, psychedelic and heartland rock influences. “Lights Out On The Shore,” will be released on September 29th on his own TripKey Records.
Commenting on the record, Reeder says:
“This is a record that I wanted to do for a long while, and then different circumstances conspired so that it was more like I had to do it, I couldn’t wait any longer.”
JACKET THIEF’s debut is a melodic and soulful rock album with an engaging flow throughout, from the heavy crash of “Some Kind Of Murder” and ” A Stitch In Time,” to the leaden throb of “Daylight Apparitions” and the drop-tuned drone of the title track “Lights Out On The Shore.”
Today, Reeder has released the first taste of JACKET THIEF’s “Lights Out On The Shore,” with the single “TLFN.”
Adding about the song, Reeder states:
“‘TLFN’ is a song co written by friend and singer songwriter Micheal Rosas. It’s been around for a while in different guises. It has a bit of a heavy strut to it and the lyrics remain pretty much to the point…’is this what I think it is, or is it something else?’ In this case, it’s straight forward 4 on the floor rock-n roll with a blistering fuzzed out solo from Bob Balch.”
Stream “TLFN” and pre-order “Lights Out On The Shore”:
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“Lights Out On The Shore” Tracklist:
1. Flying Too Low
2. TLFN
3. A Stitch In Time
4. Lights Out On The Shore
5. Furs And Fires
6. Lord Meade Lane
7. A Wind Gone By
8. Some Kind Of Murder
9. The First Ones From The Skies
10. Everything But Right
11. Daylight Apparitions
12. As She Drifts…
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