{"product_id":"brendan-benson-dear-life-cd","title":"Brendan Benson - Dear Life [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThird Man Records is proud to announce the first new LP in almost seven years from Brendan Benson. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDEAR LIFE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e arrives via Third Man Records on Friday, April 24. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBenson’s seventh solo album and first full-length release via Third Man, \u003cem\u003eDEAR LIFE\u003c\/em\u003e is heralded by the rhapsodic first single, “Good To Be Alive.” “’Good To Be Alive’ is kind of weird, to be honest,” Benson says, “But that’s what I’m most excited about. It says a lot about this record, it’s almost got a split personality or something. It’s totally bizarre – I still sit back and listen to it, thinking, \u003cem\u003ethat’s so cool!\u003c\/em\u003e It’s like somebody else played it, it’s not the same old me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBenson finds himself in an enviable spot as he enters the third decade of a remarkably creative, consistently idiosyncratic career – an accomplished frontman, musician, songwriter, producer, band member, husband, and dad. \u003cem\u003eDEAR LIFE\u003c\/em\u003e marks this consummate polymath’s most inventive and upbeat work thus far, an 11-track song cycle about life, love, family, fatherhood, and the pure joy of making music. Produced and almost entirely performed by Benson at his own Readymade Studio in Nashville, the album sees the Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist – and co-founder, with Jack White, of The Raconteurs – reveling in a more modernist approach than ever before, fueled by a heady brew of cannabis, hip-hop, and a newly discovered interest in software drum programming. The result is an untapped playfulness that elevates expertly crafted songs like the future funk-fueled opener, “I Can If You Want Me To,” and the ecstatic “Richest Man Alive” with voluble arrangements, elastic grooves, and incandescent power. Imbued with revitalized ambition and confidence, \u003cem\u003eDEAR LIFE\u003c\/em\u003e is Brendan Benson at his very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“There's something about this record,” Benson says. “A friend of mine called it ‘life-affirming.’ I thought it was a joke at first but then realized, well, it’s about life and death for sure. I don’t know if that’s positive or optimistic or whatever, but that's what's going on with me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Can If You Want Me To\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood To Be Alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf A Boy (And Half A Man)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichest Man Alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDear Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaby’s Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreak Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvil Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI’m In Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Quit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho’s Gonna Love You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 813547028525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Third Man Vinyl Llc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.24.20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Revival Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53234282365088,"sku":"813547028525","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/5899\/5360\/files\/3811096-2620605.jpg?v=1770361676","url":"https:\/\/vinylrevivalrecordstore.com\/products\/brendan-benson-dear-life-cd","provider":"Vinyl Revival Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}