External Combustion
2022 studio album by Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
External Combustion is the second studio album by American rock band Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs. The album was released by BMG Rights Management in 2023 to positive reviews and was supported by the first large-scale tour from the band,[3] which included cover songs from Campbell's former group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,[4] as well as songs from the band's debut album Wreckless Abandon.[5]
External Combustion | ||||
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Released | March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04) | |||
Studio | Hocus Pocus Recorders, California, US | |||
Genre | Rock[1] | |||
Length | 44:42 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Producer | ||||
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs chronology | ||||
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You’re right, I do write a lot. In some ways, staying home and not being able to tour was kind of normal for me. Because when I’m home, I’m very active with writing and I have a studio here. That didn’t slow me down. I was regretful that we couldn’t do the tour. But I think all of those dates are still sold and ready to go now. You know, some of the songs, I’ve noticed as I look back at them, I don’t write about specific things necessarily. But as I look back at this album we just did, some of the lyrics seem to be indirectly about being isolated and trying to find a better world than you’re in. [Laughs] So it might have been subliminal.
—Frontman Mike Campbell on writing, recording, and planning his first tour after the COVID-19 pandemic[2]