Tommy Stinson, right, and Chip Roberts
Tommy Stinson’s long-gestating project Cowboys in the Campfire — a duo with friend Chip Roberts that was born between Stinson’s stint in Guns N’ Roses and the reunions of The Replacements and Bash & Pop — will release its debut album Wronger this June.
You can hear the first single off the record, “Dream,” via its music video below.
The 10-song album is set to be released June 2 by Cobraside Records — preorder the digital edition — and is described the duo’s publicist as “perhaps the most American album” Stinson has ever made.
Says Stinson himself of the project:
“I’m not one to be pigeonholed — but I’m not putting a lot of thought into it that I DON’T want to be pigeonholed. For me it’s always been that the songs pretty much tell you what they’re going to do. I can sit there and work a song into the ground, forcing my will on it, or you can listen to the song and go, ‘What does this want?’ and do that. I’ve always done it that way. Ultimately it’s more about, ‘Let’s try and get the best 10 and take what we’ve got and make them the best they can be.'”
Ahead of the album’s release, Stinson will play a run of seven solo dates in the Midwestern U.S. this April — see details below. Plus, check out the new song and album details:
Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire, Wronger
1. “Here We Go Again”
2. “That’s It”
3. “Mr. Wrong”
4. “Schemes”
5. “Fall Apart Together”
6. “Hey Man”
7. “We Ain’t”
8. “Karma’s Bitch”
9. “Souls”
10. “Dream”
Tommy Stinson tour dates
April 7: St Paul, Minnesota – Turf Club
April 8: Cedar Falls, IA – Private House Performance
April 9: Madison, Wisconsin – Kiki’s House of Righteous Music
April 11: Lafayette, Indiana – People’s Brewing Company
April 12: St Louis, Missouri – The Old No. 7 Firehouse
April 13: Chicago, Illinois – Liar’s Club
April 14: Peoria, Illinois – Peoria Pizza Works
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- The Replacements’ Riot Fest Toronto reunion set available on colored double-vinyl
- Listen: Exclusive uncut interview with Tommy Stinson from Rockin’ the Suburbs podcast
- Tommy Stinson’s Bash & Pop announce U.S. dates in support of ‘Anything Could Happen’
- The Replacements’ ‘Pleased To Meet Me’ box set to include 29 unreleased tracks
- Tommy Stinson on future of The Replacements: ‘Anything at this point could happen’
- The Replacements’ ‘Complete Inconcerated Live’ gets 3LP Record Store Day release
