Nathen Maxwell of Flogging Molly has announced his first solo album. The record is titled White Rabbit and is due out August 18, 2009. Maxwell has contributed songs to Flogging Molly albums in years past, but things progressed differently when the band went into the studio to record Float, their most recent release, Nathen explained:

I played these songs for the band and our singer Dave [King] said, "Nate, you've got your own story and I really think you should record these songs,' Once I got his blessing I figured it'd be bad karma not to record and release them.

Maxwell teamed up with long time Flogging Molly producer Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Chuck Ragan, Lucero, Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs). You can find two songs here.