Rick Springfield has released two new singles, She Walks With the Angels and Automatic. The songs preview a studio album of all new material entitled Automatic, out August 4.
It is described by Springfield, as 20 new songs stylistically somewhere between “Working Class Dog” and “Tao.” Sonically, the album sees Springfield returning to his first love of guitar-based power pop and keyboards, while lyrically featuring his favored subjects of love, sex and death.
“My goal was solid three- minute tunes with the biggest hooks I could come up with.” The album is available for preorder. Automatic was written and produced by Springfield and features himself playing all guitars and keyboards. The album was engineered by and dedicated to Springfield’s friend and soundman for over 25 years, Matty Spindel who passed away late last year. Springfield notes, “His loss is something that will be felt by me, my band and the entire touring family for a long, long time.”
Springfield says, “I’m releasing TWO singles because there are no rules anymore and I’m pretty sure ONE DJ will play them. ME, on my SiriusXM show Working Class DJ. Nepotism at its finest. Thank you very much."
Regarding the single, Automatic, Springfield comments, “’Automatic’ is one song I dreamed. I woke up at 3am one morning and just wrote it down as it had been playing in my head. Don’t ask me what it means I'm not entirely sure.”
He continues with She Walks With the Angels: “Matty Spindel, soundman extraordinaire and friend for 25 years passed away a few weeks before I wrote this song for him. I used the feminine because he was very in touch with that side of himself. There are secret references
all thru the song that are ‘very Matty’.”
Springfield will make his third appearance on TalkShopLive on June 20 at 8 p.m. ET where autographed versions of the album will be available for pre-order. Viewers can watch here: ttps://talkshop.live/watch/UrkSW3OioB1l
Expect Springfield to play these songs on his 26 -city “I Want My ‘80s Tour” this summer which kicks off August 4 with rotating special guests The Hooters, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone, (and joined by John Waite and The Tubes on selected cities.)
Tour Dates:
4-Aug Youngstown, OH Foundation Ampitheatre*
5-Aug Indianapolis, IN TCU Amp at White River Park*
6-Aug Sterling Heights, MI Amp at Freedom Hill*
9-Aug Niagara Falls, ONT Fallsview Casino*
11-Aug Grantville, PA Hollywood Casino Outdoors*
12-Aug Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Estess Arena*
13-Aug Lynn, MA Memorial Auditorium*
19-Aug Lake Charles, LA L'Auberge Casino*
20-Aug Ft. Worth, TX Dickie's Arena*
22-Aug Lubbock, TX Cook's Garage Stage*
23-Aug Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Ampitheatre*
25-Aug New Haven, KY Log Still Distillery Amph**
26-Aug Bay City, MI Wenonah Park Shell**
27-Aug Decatur, IL Devon Lakeshore Amphitheatre**
29-Aug Maryland Heights, MO St. Louis Music Park*
30-Aug Omaha, NE The Astro*
31-Aug Aurora, IL RiverEdge Park Pavilion*
6-Sep Redmond, WA Marymoor Park***
7-Sep Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amp***
8-Sep Airway Heights, WA No. Quest Casino***
10-Sep Redding, CA Civic Auditorium+
12-Sep Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery Amp***
13-Sep Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theatre***
14-Sep Bakersfield, CA Mechanics Bank Theater and Convention Center***
16-Sep Murphys, CA Ironstone Amp++
17-Sep Fresno, CA Warnors Theatre***
Rick Springfield, The Hooters, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone
**Rick Springfield, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone
***Rick Springfield, The Hooters, Tommy Tutone
+Rick Springfield, The Hooters, The Tubes, Tommy Tutone
++Rick Springfield, The Hooters, John Waite, Tommy Tutone
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