''Specter at the Feast'' is the seventh studio album by American
rock band
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. The group originally consisted of Peter Hayes (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocals, bass, guitar), and Ni ...
, released on March 18, 2013 in Europe and March 19, 2013 in the US. It was released under the band's own record label, Abstract Dragon, through
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records is an American record label based in California. It was founded in 1995 by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen. The label focuses on rock, but features artists in a variety of other genres including folk, soul, electronic, and pop. It is ho ...
. Unlike ''
Beat The Devil's Tattoo'', the album wasn't produced by
Michael Been, who died after he suffered a heart attack mid-tour in 2010 while the band was playing at
Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium, in mid- to late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—adjacent to a dual carriageway called ''Kempische Steenweg''—in the ...
. As a result, ''Specter at the Feast'' was a way for the band to mourn their loss and rid the pain, as he was the father of bassist
Robert Levon Been, but also their live sound technician and a mentor to all the members.
The band's first single from the album, a cover of
The Call's 1989 hit "Let the Day Begin", available as a free download on their official website. The same day, the song became ''
Qs track of the day. The band have also released the "Let the Day Begin" EP for free, consisting of the single and the album track "Returning", which has also been made available for streaming on the official website.
The band have released a six-part promotional short film documenting the recording of ''Specter at the Feast''.
Track listing
Personnel
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Peter Hayes - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards
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Robert Levon Been - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
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Leah Shapiro - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Charts
References
2013 albums
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club albums
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