Fire Track: Andrew Gabbard – “Ramble & Rave On!”

You will find Andrew Gabbard on the road and in his creative prime on this astral road trip, collecting songs like a cosmic traveler hitching a ride.

“Ramble & Rave On!,” Andrew’s third solo LP, sounds like the kind of weathered tattoo you’d see etched on a barfly’s forearm as he slams another drink in a dive. Like its title, the record feels like something that’s always been around; a trusty mixtape that everyone can agree on.

Andrew comes to this collection of songs with something that very much feels like a ‘studio’ record, the kind of album a ’60s rock star feels like they’ve built the confidence to make, to shake off a rawness for something fuller and more realized. The fact that this record was yet again a homemade effort, with Andrew playing everything (apart from Sven Kahns’ pedal steel), gives you an idea of how devoted and studied he is to creating that perfect song.

‘Ramble & Rave On!’ is Andrew’s most personal album yet, it finds him journeying between his worlds as a touring & studio musician/vocalist for the Black Keys, as a songwriter with his head-in-the-stars, and as the man in his home with the people he holds dearest and with the studio where he brings it all together. It is clear that Andrew finds himself at this prolific point in his career completely beholden to songs, to their absolute power, and to their otherworldly ability to connect.

He has mastered his craft, and proves throughout the course of this album that he can truly make a pitstop stop at every genre. “Ramble & Rave On!,” the first single off Andrew Gabbard’s new solo album of the same name, is the first stop on this astral road trip.

The title track is a steering-wheel tapping, neck-jerking boogie. It’s got a country rock ‘n’ roll feel with the essence of a New Orleans street-band party jam. Featuring Andrew on every single instrument, the track was recorded in his home studio and is the first taste of an album that proves he’s in his creative prime.

Andrew Gabbard’s new studio album “Ramble & Rave On!” comes out November 15th via Karma Chief Records. You can order the new album HERE.