''Lonely Trip'' is the eleventh solo studio album from

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 ...

. It was released on July 31, 2020. The album was mixed by

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, and was recorded during the

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. Three tracks from this album - "A Wave Of Hope", "Evolve", and the title track, "Lonely Trip" - were re-recorded by

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for their sixteenth studio album, '' Evolve'', released in July 2024.

Recording process

The album was written during the

, from March–July, 2020. Anastasio stated that the recording process of the album "felt therapeutic to write" and that he "wanted to connect with our community in some way. The unplanned nature of the recording meant I didn't have a lot of gear during this process. I had an electric and an acoustic guitar, a small amp, two microphones, some percussion, and two keyboards, including an old Kurzweil with very realistic drum sounds on it. Everything was recorded through a Spire 8-track. ''Lonely Trip'' is truly a raw, low-fi recording." Anastasio stated that ''Lonely Trip'' was "my message in a bottle during this time, and I wish I knew how to properly thank all of you in our community for listening and responding. It meant so much to me. Thank you. Wishing all of you much love and safety during this turbulent time." Anastasio also dedicated the album to the heroism of our healthcare and essential workers.

member

Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit. Early life Fishman was born in Ph ...

plays drums on the album; as stated by Anastasio "For the previous few Phish albums (including '' Kasvot Vaxt'' and ''

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''), I had been experimenting with writing songs, starting with drum beats that I had sung into my phone. Fish and I would go into the studio and record the beats exactly as I had sung them, with Fish launching off in his unique way after a minute or two. I used these beats as building blocks to many of the songs on Lonely Trip, and it explains how I could do a whole album in Rubber Jungle with such good sounding drums."

Track listing

Personnel

– guitar, keyboards, bass *

– drums *

– mixing

References

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