‘Long After The Fire’ sees Vicki Peterson of The Bangles (whose work includes worldwide smash hits such as ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’) team up with John Cowsill, drummer/vocalist for The Beach Boys for over 23 years and an original member of the platinum-selling family band The Cowsills, Their debut album as a duo, ‘Long After The Fire’ is a set of Americana songs written by John’s late brothers, Barry and Bill Cowsill.
A new single from the album entitled ‘Is Anybody Here’ is out today (21st March), with Peterson revealing that “it is the song that kicked off the entire ‘Long After The Fire’ record. John and Paul Allen recorded this track at Sun Studios in Memphis, without me, in the spur of the moment and absolutely set the template for the album. At this stage, John and I were considering calling the project Dead Brothers!”
Cowsill recalls that “I was playing with the Beach Boys in Memphis. Paul Allen called me up and asked if I wanted to record at Sun Studios, reminding me that I had been talking about recording an album of my late brother’s songs. We recorded ‘Is Anybody Here’ that night and it is the most Roy Orbison-sounding song on our album. It was so fitting and magical to be in that room with all the photos of Elvis, Orbison, Jerry Lee and Cash on the walls and being surrounded by the whole vibe. It was exciting to sing on all the old ribbon mics.You could almost hear all the other artists’ voices coming thru the slap echo tape machine. I could certainly feel all that history when I was out in the tracking room singing.”
‘Long After The Fire’ is released on CD and digital formats on 18th April, with the LP being made available the prior weekend as a Record Store Day 2025 exclusive. The album is also home to the recent singles ‘A Thousand Times’ STREAM | VIDEO and ‘Come To Me’ STREAM | VIDEO.
IS ANYBODY HERE
new single
out 21.03.25
(Label 51 Recordings)
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LONG AFTER THE FIRE
debut duo album
out 18.04.25 – CD | digital
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out 12.04.25 – LP (RSD 2025 exclusive)
