[Cover photo credit to Lance Mercer]

Seattle, Washington-based band Painted Shield will be releasing their LP, Painted Shield 3 on July 26, 2024 via Loosegroove Records. Recently, the band shared “Lover Divine,” following the album’s lead single, “Transector.” The band recently headlined their first show at the Paramount Theatre and curated the first House of LSGRV compilation which came out for 2024 Record Store Day.

Painted Shield combines the talents of Pearl Jam co-founder Stone Gossard, Folk singer Mason Jennings, drummer Matt Chamberlain, Soul artist Brittany Davis, and guitarist Jeff Fielder. Painted Shield was released on Gossard’s newly reactivated Loosegroove label, which released the debut Queens of the Stone Age album back in 1998.

Speaking on the new song, the band’s Mason Jennings says:

“Lover Divine” started as a Stone Gossard guitar riff that producer Josh Evans put through a series of effects. I loved the vibe and was reminded of some conversations Stone and I had had about our love of Egyptology and also our love of the band The Stooges. So I kinda put these two ideas together. The vocal part in the intro was from the bass guitar line I wrote in the chorus. I decided to sing with the bass because I loved how it sounded when Paul McCartney would do that with The Beatles. Then Josh Evans took the bass out and left my vocal bass. Jeff added his bass after that. Britcame up with some killer chords to go with it and Matt brought the punk energy with the drums. The rest is ancient history.

Stone Gossard says about the band:

Playing with this incredible group is one of my greatest joys. Three records in and we are still turning over all kinds of new soil. This beast of a song starts first and foremost with the insane lyrical propulsion provided by Matt Chamberlain. Then, one by one, the beauty of hearing Mason, Britt, Jeff and Josh Evans’ touch…it makes something wholly original.