From a news release:
As Crobot crosses the courses of acid rock fans throughout North America this summer season, the Pottsville locals have actually released their feral take on Janet Jackson’s 1990 hit “Black Cat.”
Dropping today on all significant streaming platforms by means of Mascot Records, the brand-new single draws out the integrated heavy rock components and crossover appeal of the Grammy-chosen 16th track on “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814.”
“Every time we talked about covering a song, ‘Black Cat’ would come up as one we wished we had written, so here’s our chance to pay homage to the great Janet Jackson. It’s got all the things that go into the Crobot sound – badass riffs, a funky groove for days, and soaring high vocals. What’s not to like about this tune? It’s even got cowbell!” singer Brandon Yeagley explained.
This release accompanies the start of their Serious Rock Business Tour. The month-long headlining kept up Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol as assistance begins tonight in Lawrence, Kansas and takes them through Wisconsin, Michigan, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and parts of Canada prior to involving Houston, Texas on Aug. 4. Local fans can capture them on Monday, July 17 at the Crafthouse Stage & Grill (5024 Curry Rd., Pittsburgh); Friday, July 21 at The Chance Theater (6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie, NY); and Saturday, July 22 at Mickey’s Black Box (101 Rock Lititz Blvd., Lititz), about an hour drive from their home town.
That’s absolutely nothing for the Schuylkill County group – they’ve crisscrossed the United States and the world in road-warrior design sometimes in the past, having fun with the similarity Anthrax, Danzig, Black Label Society, Chevelle, Clutch, Volbeat, Halestorm, GWAR, Cradle of Filth, Steel Panther, and more. They’ve illuminated celebrations like Rocklahoma and Aftershock and cruises like ShipRocked and Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea, to name a few.
“We tour the pockets off of our pants and sleep in our van for half of the year. To some, that may seem like misery but, to us, it’s heaven, baby!” the frontman said.
In a recent live stream chat with fans, he kept in mind “Black Cat” was taped throughout the very same sessions as their latest studio album, “Feel This,” which has actually acquired 4.3 million streams because its release last June.
Yeagley, guitar player Chris Bishop, and drummer Dan Ryan got where they ended with “Motherbrain,” whose cumulative streams have actually now exceeded 33 million, 2 thirds of which were for the goliath track “Low Life,” a Top 10 single on active rock radio with a 29-week work on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The 2019 album represented a high watermark for the band after they made waves with “The Legend of the Spaceborne Killer” (2012), “Something Supernatural” (2014), and “Welcome to Fat City” (2016), though Yeagley thinks that “Feel This” is “the record we’ve been wanting to do ever since we started” in 2011.
“We’ve always thought of ourselves as a live act. When [producer] Jay Ruston described his process of recording, we were beyond excited about getting in and getting our hands dirty. It involved performing live as a unit and finishing all instruments on a song before moving on to the next. We recorded 16 songs in 21 days, which is a feat in itself.”
Another is not duplicating themselves, however progressing with each brand-new collection of tunes.
“We never want to make the same album twice,” Yeagley highlighted. “There is something for every Crobot fan out there as well as newcomers. At the same time, we’re having fun. We want to be taken seriously, but not too seriously, because this is monkey hour, after all.”
“That’s the fucking line right there,” Bishop concurred. “We want you to walk away smiling. If I can make you smile, I’ve done my job.”
Watch an hour-long live stream with Yeagley talking about the Serious Rock Business Tour, “Black Cat,” and more listed below:
Photo by Stesha Whitney
