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Italian rock band The Peawees recently released a new album entitled One Ride, out now via Wild Honey Records with exclusive license to Folc Records in Spain and Spaghetty Town Records in North America. The new album comes after a six year Six years after the band released their critically acclaimed album, Moving Target. 

It’s been a long wait, one that includes line-up changes, divorces, lost loved ones, job troubles – whatever hardship was thrown at The Peawees, One Ride makes it clear that it only made them stronger. Approaching their 30-year mark, the band continues to defy convention and write their own epic on the vast canvas of contemporary rock ‘n’ roll. 

Reflecting on the album’s journey, drummer Tommy Gonzalez shares:

“We started working on One Ride in 2019. We even recorded the title track then. We were riding the wave of ‘Moving Target,’ touring, playing festivals, and had planned to have an album ready for 2022 at the latest. We thought we would record a few songs, go on tour, record a few more, and continue like that until we had a full-length album. Of course, everything got messed up when Covid hit: no possibility to practice together and Hervé was stuck abroad on an island.”

Frontman/songwriter Hervé Peroncini adds: 

“We were coming off a beautiful and exhausting year of gigs and tours, and in the meantime, I had written some new material. We all agreed that we should start recording a new record until all that shit broke out just as I was due to return from the island I was supposed to be on for only a short period of time. Although it was a nice place to get stuck, I was still in a two-tiny-room apartment with nothing to do, and after managing to get a guitar, I started recording some stuff on my phone and sending the recordings to the guys. In the end, I stayed on the island for 6 months and wrote three-quarters of the album there. Fortunately, the restrictions were not so strict there, so after a short time, I had the opportunity to go out, see friends, and hear bizarre stories of various kinds – all things that in some way stimulated me to write.”

Stream One Ride below and keep checking back for more from The Peawees!