[Photo credit to Matt Morgan]
Southern California Rock band Robert Jon & The Wreck have announced Wreckage, Vol. 3, a new album collecting a range of recent standalone singles released throughout the band’s run of touring and recording over the past year.
Arriving alongside the launch of the EP’s focus track “Arroyo,” the release captures another side of the band’s sound, both “looser, heavier” and drawn from their live energy.
Built from a free-form rehearsal jam that quickly took on a life of its own, “Arroyo” began with a single phrase that sparked the song’s chorus. Lyrically, the song was inspired by what guitarist Henry James describes as “an image in Robert’s head of a lone traveler, out on a dry creek bed in which everyone and everything was out to get him.”
Drawing from the atmosphere of Spaghetti Westerns and old Clint Eastwood films, “Arroyo” follows a shadowy figure moving through “a brief moment full of darkness, danger and deception on a dry creek bed in the old Wild West.”
Recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, specifically Studio 2, often referred to as “the Van Halen room”, the track was self-Produced by the band and engineered and mixed by Chad Gordon, who previously worked with Henry James on his very first recordings years ago. Much of the final version came together in the first or second take, including fully improvised solos from keyboardist Jake Abernathie on Hammond B3 and James on his Epiphone Firebird guitar.
The band’s touring schedule continues this summer with dates across the U.K., Europe, and the United States, including appearances at Holland International Blues Festival and a run of East Coast headline dates before returning later this year for the Cali-County Cruise 2026.
TOUR DATES
US FALL (Recently Added)
November 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room*
November 10 – Boise, ID – The Egyptian Theatre*
November 12 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory**
November 13 – Tacoma, WA – Rialto Theater*
November 15 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater*
November 17 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center for the Arts*
November 19 – Napa, CA – Uptown Theatre Napa*
November 21 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre*
* Supporting Joanne Shaw Taylor
** Fan Presale – May 28th / Public On Sale – May 29th
US SUMMER
May 28 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
May 30 – Bakersfield, CA – World Records
June 5 – Montrose, CO – Montrose Rotary Amphitheater
June 18 – Holmfirth, UK – Picturedrome
June 19 – Bournemouth, UK – Love Rocks Festival
June 20 – Grolloo, NL – Holland International Blues Festival
June 28 – Augusta, NJ – Rock, Ribs & Ridges
July 9 – Portland, ME – Aura
July 10 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall
July 12 – Sherman, NY – Pine Junction
July 13 – Warrendale, PA – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
July 14 – Hagerstown, MD – Live at Hub City Vinyl
July 15 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
July 16 – Washington, D.C. – The Hamilton Live
July 17 – Richmond, VA – The Tin Pan
July 18 – Thurmond, NC – The Stage @ Jones von Drehle
July 24 – Crystal Bay, NV – Crystal Bay Casino
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 – Long Beach, CA – Cali-County Cruise 2026
