[Cover photo credit to Dave Brolan]
Rock ’n’ Roll band Los Straitjackets have announced their new album, Somos Los Straitjackets, which will release on September 19th, 2025 through Yep Roc Records. Their first new record of all-original material since 2012’s Jet Set, Somos Los Straitjackets was produced by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, The Cactus Blossoms) and builds on their work in modern instrumental Rock for over thirty years. The masked quartet have also shared their new single “High Wire Act” alongside an official video.
Guitarist Greg Townson says:
This is one of those lucky moments when a song just writes itself, probably when I was struggling with another song. I put this on my record Beyond The Horizon, but thought if I changed the rhythm it could make a good song for Los Straitjackets.
For the new album, they began by tracking early demos at Pete Curry’s Powow Fun Room studio in LA, then continued to fine-tune the new songs at soundchecks and even brought them into live sets. Somos also features two re-recordings of pandemic-era remote compositions (Townson’s “Genesee River Rock” and Angel’s “April Showers”) as well as a reimagined version of “Spinout”.
Somos Los Straitjackets is produced with a “vintage touch” as “a love letter to rock ‘n’ roll’s past” and “a declaration of purpose with feet firmly planted in the present.”
TOUR DATES:
Los Straitjackets:
06/14 – València, ES @ Toneladas Rock Club
06/15 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala La Nau
06/18 – Santiago De Compostela, ES @ Sala Capitol
06/19 – Gijón, ES @ Sala Acapulco
06/20 – Araia, ES @ Azkena Rock Festival
06/22 – Zaragoza, ES @ Rock & Blues Cafe
07/13 – Gierle, BE @ Sjock Festival
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets:
07/31 – Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall
08/01 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall
08/02 – King Of Prussia, PA @ Concerts Under the Stars
08/03 – Pittsburg, PA @ Hartwood Acres Amphitheater
08/05 – Alexandria, VA @ Birchmere
08/06 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage
08/08 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
08/09 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
08/12 – North Truro, MA @ Payomet Performing Arts Center
08/13 – Natick, MA @ Center For Arts In Natick
08/15 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
08/16 – Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest Cafe
Los Straitjackets:
10/03 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
10/04 – Albany, CA @ The Ivy Room
10/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall
10/24 – Homer, NY @ Homer Center for the Arts
10/25 – Rochester, NY @ Temple Theater
10/26 – Buffalo, NY @ Sportsmens Tavern
10/28 – Old Saybrook, CT @ Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
10/29 – Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
10/30 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
10/31 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
11/01 – Fall River, MA @ Narrows Center for the Arts
11/02 – Troy, NY @ Hangar on the Hudson
