Suburban Home Records has announced that they will be releasing Bridge, the upcoming solo effort from Lagwagon vocalist Joey Cape.
Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home says
For those of you who don't know, Joey Cape is the front man of Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, and one of the singer/songwriters of the Suburban Home act, the Playing Favorites. I first met Joey through his label, My Records. Besides being an amazing musician, Joey ran one of my favorite labels in the late 90's. He put out the first albums by both Nerf Herder and Adventures of Jet and put out a few releases for Armchair Martian, all bands I love. He has remained relevant over 20 plus years of writing and recording music and he is recording some of his greatest music now.
For those of you who donât know, Joey Cape is the front man of Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, and one of the singer/songwriters of the Suburban Home act, the Playing Favorites. I first met Joey through his label, My Records. Besides being an amazing musician, Joey ran one of my favorite labels in the late 90âs. He put out the first albums by both Nerf Herder and Adventures of Jet and put out a few releases for Armchair Martian, all bands I love. He has remained relevant over 20 plus years of writing and recording music and he is recording some of his greatest music now.
Suburban Home will release "Bridge" in North America on Vinyl, CD, and digital formats. Joey had mentioned the possibility of a bonus track not available on the European and Japanese versions, but I canât completely confirm that. We are aiming to release the album in October which could possibly be the same month we release albums from Useless I.D., Drag the River, Tim Barry, and Two Cow Garage! Joey has gone on record as saying the following about his first solo offering, The strange part of all this is, now that it is done, Iâm not sure how to feel. It is my first attempt at making a solo record, something I am totally unfamiliar with. I know this, I will never make a record this way again. From now on, no second guessing or obsessing. Ultimately, I am proud of this record. I made something I like and itâs time to move on. I hope most of you will appreciate it. I have decided to call it "Bridge". I think the musical metaphor is appropriate because it is something new for me and it will lead me to another place as a songwriter, whether it be a better appreciation of my craft or the butt of another songwriterâs joke. Either way, Iâm on my way
We will soon be posting an mp3 and as Joey completes the mixing and mastering, we will have a release date nailed down. Know that I could not be more excited about all our recent signings and releases. This is an exciting chapter in our 13th year of doing Suburban Home.
One side note - I could not resist posting this photo of Joey with a mustache. I can only think of the brilliant movie, Safe Men which had the line, "Sweet Stache Bro", "Thanks Man". If you havenât seen the movie, do so immediately and get ready for an unbelievable fall release schedule.