Gov't Mule Peace...Like A River (2-LP, 180g Vinyl)

(Fantasy) 12 tracks, gatefold cover, 180g vinyl.

"Peace...Like A River," the band's 12th studio album and the follow-up to their chart-topping and Grammy-nominated blues album "Heavy Load Blues," will be released in June 2023 via Fantasy Records. The 12-song rock collection also features guest appearances by Billy Bob Thornton, Celisse and Billy F. Gibbons, who performed an incredible tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd with Haynes at last Sunday night's CMT Music Awards. In addition, the "Peace...Like A River" Deluxe Edition (available on CD only) includes the 12-track original album plus the special 5-track "Time Of The Signs" bonus EP, which features four brand new, unreleased tracks and an alternate version of the album track "The River Only Flows One Way," with Warren on lead vocals.

"'Peace...Like A River' is very ambitious from a musical arrangement standpoint, with many of the songs taking turns that are not common in today's pop music world," Haynes said. "But at the same time, it's a song album that covers a lot of ground stylistically. Song for song maybe my favorite."

The tracks on "Peace...Like A River" explore the many sides of Gov't Mule, bringing together all the qualities that have earned the quartet - Haynes [guitar, vocals], Matt Abts [drums], Danny Louis [keyboards, guitar and backing vocals] and Jorgen Carlsson [bass] - the popular status they enjoy today. Concise songcraft seamlessly transitions into the band's signature instrumental excursions. The songs, longer than pop conventions, are nonetheless compact: they are exploratory but never meandering; the melodies are at once expansive and tightly focused. Thematically, the new album deals with the seismic changes the world has undergone in recent years. Influenced by what Haynes calls "the golden era of rock, soul, jazz and blues," Gov't Mule combines the best and most enduring qualities of all these musical genres on "Peace...Like A River" into a timeless work of art that could easily have been released in the classic '70s of rock 'n' roll.