Rick Estrin & The Nightcats To Release THE HITS KEEP COMING On May 10

RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM,
THE HITS KEEP COMING, ON MAY 10, 2024

First Album In Almost Five Years

Lyric Video For New Song, The Circus Is Still In Town Is Out Now ​

​On Friday, May 10, Alligator Records will release THE HITS KEEP COMING, the long-awaited new album from award-winning, modern blues legends Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. THE HITS KEEP COMING, the band's sixth release, packs a powerful punch, with phenomenal musicianship and streetwise lyrics—both serious and humorous. Vocalist, harmonica master and songwriter Estrin, along with multi-instrumentalist/musical mastermind/producer Christoffer “Kid” Andersen, keyboardist/organ wizard/bass man Lorenzo Farrell and endlessly creative drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin, have created what Estrin calls, "the best music we've ever made together. This band is killer. I’m enjoying this all more than ever,” says the man who’s been performing and recording professionally since the early 1970s. “It’s a blessing—there’s so much energy, so much collaboration. The band is just so good right now. And the live show is off the charts."

The first song released from THE HITS KEEP COMING is an album highlight, The Circus Is Still In Town. The musically rambunctious, lyrically harrowing song is available on all major streaming services and also via a new video. According to Estrin, "This one's special to me. It's got a catchy hook, an infectious groove, and ironically, some grim subject matter." Watch and share the share the video now.
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​Produced by Andersen at his legendary Greaseland USA studio in San Jose, California, the album captures the band’s chemistry and magic in what is certainly among their strongest and most urgent releases so far. THE HITS KEEP COMING is modern blues at its most potent, intense and fun in all the right places, as Rick Estrin & The Nightcats deliver twelve groove-heavy, hard-hitting songs, including ten written or co-written by Estrin and two surprising covers (one obscurity from Muddy Waters, one from Leonard Cohen that Estrin would have liked to have written). From the foot-stomping opener Somewhere Else, to the stark reality of the title track (with backing vocals by The Sons Of The Soul Revivers), THE HITS KEEP COMING is a lyrical and musical tour-de-force.