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Brian Jonestown Massacre announce 19th album with lead single "The Real"

11 April 2022, 12:51 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced their 19th studio album Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees, and have released "The Real" as the lead single.

"The Real" is the group's first outing since last year's "Before You Forget", and is accompanied by news of Brian Jonestown Massacre's 19th album Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees.

Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees will follow their self-titled 2019 album, and coincides with the 30th anniversary of their debut single "She Made Me / Evergreen".

Anton Newcombe explains, "When you are compelled to do the right thing, when you live by some internal code, and you don't shy away from standing up to and in the face of adversity or against the mob or the man no matter what that might mean to "your fame or prospects", it's doing the right thing... for some it might be taking a knee, or even a baton or bullet. That's a fire inside you, and it doesn't grow on trees. I create my own culture because it is what I need and what I feel isn't being provided. It doesn't exist unless I participate."

Tracklist:

  1. The Real
  2. Ineffable Mindfuck
  3. It’s About Being Free Really
  4. What’s In A Name?
  5. Silenced
  6. Before And Afterland
  7. You Think I’m Joking?
  8. #1 Lucky Kitty
  9. Wait A Minute (2.30 To Be Exact)
  10. Don’t Let Me Get In Your Way
"The Real" is out now. Brian Jonestown Massacre's Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees album will arrive 24 June via Newcombe's own A Recordings.
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