Jon Spencer Reveals “Songs Of Personal Loss & Protest” On New Album

Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore / Boss Hog / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) can’t take any more on his latest long-player, Songs of Personal Loss & Protest, that is now available via Shove Records. Backed once again by the powerhouse rhythm section of Kendall Wind and Spider Bowman (The Bobby Lees), Jon Spencer is still lighting the torches and ringing the bells, singing and preaching from the rooftops, live on the world stage, on the airwaves, via satellite, and right here, right now, on his brand new record. Across twelve brand new songs, Jon Spencer tears his heart out singing songs torn from the front page and beyond: futuristic power blues and garage-punk explosionisms about the nausea and paranoia delivered by a reality show president, and the power and resilience it takes to rebel. It is all deeply personal, the fight to create and live and push back against the dark forces, but he never loses sight that we’re all in this together.

“I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning. These past few years there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss, the passing of time takes its toll.  Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy turvy where it feels like we are losing basic freedoms… I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock’n’roll. Rock’n’roll is America’s true gift to the world, the sound of revolution! It came out of the sky, a screaming, chrome-plated flying saucer, like an outer space monster, landed here on Earth so the freaks could have their say. It is the hip-shaking sound of rebellion. The blues is my bible, rock’n’roll is our battle cry!” (Jon Spencer)