Jeff Bridges pronounces archival album Sluggish Magic, shares beforehand unreleased “Obnoxious”

Jeff Bridges is ready to launch a brand new album of archival recordings titled Sluggish Magic, 1977-1978. It drops in full on April twelfth through Gentle within the Attic, however you possibly can hear the beforehand unreleased music “Obnoxious” beneath.

The 11-track assortment pulls from a just lately unearthed, decaying cassette, which was merely labeled “July 1978.” Bridges began engaged on the songs at a home in Malibu with a gaggle of highschool mates together with guitarists Stan Ayeroff and David Greenwalt, bassist Matthew Vivid, and drummer Steve Baim.

He then rented a warehouse in Venice, California after filming 1976’s King Kong for recording classes that produced “Obnoxious” and the title monitor. These classes had been overseen by Bob Dylan collaborator Ken Lauber.

“Fairly wild that this factor that occurred round 50 years in the past desires to bloom,” Bridges stated in a press launch. “I suppose weirdness is what’s taking place today. You by no means can inform what’s gonna occur.”

Bodily editions of Sluggish Magic will embrace liner notes penned by Sam Candy, new interviews with Bridges, and never-before-seen archival pictures. A particular clear blue vinyl version will likely be out there completely for Document Retailer Day 2025.

Sluggish Magic isn’t Bridges’ first album. After releasing his self-titled debut effort in 2011, he adopted up with an ambient drone album in 2015.

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