Meat Puppets’ released a new video for “Warranty” a track from their new album, Dusty Notes out March 8 via Megaforce. The Puppets’ US tour begins April 4 in Mill Valley, CA, marking the first run since 1995. The original lineup set to perform includes Curt and Cris Kirkwood and returning drummer Derrick Bostrom.

The band’s story began with three kids with a passion for music and punk rock. Bostrom says, “We began to make such a hellacious racket that we knew we were on to something.” At their induction into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2017, the group joined together onstage for the first time in over two decades. Kirkwood says, “It was so intense that even I couldn’t deny it! I remember why we did this. It was magical. It was the psychedelic fuckin’ time machine. Mind-blowing.”

Kirkwood has drawn upon various roots and rock styles with his latest songs, “Warranty,” “On,” “Nine Pins,” “Outflow.” Derrick says, “I consider the Meat Puppets to be a national treasure.”

Keyboardist Ron Stabinsky, a jazz-trained virtuoso is featured on the album, Dusty Notes and Curt’s son Elmo,  complements his father’s spacier explorations. Curt describes the music as “simple yet engaging” songs. Tickets for their upcoming shows are available here. 

The band also released “Nine Pins,” a new track which includes the signature folksy and country driven guitars in its instrumentation. A playful synth line contributes to the alternative folk atmosphere that the track creates.

Dusty Notes Tour
(+ Neil Hamburger, ^ All Souls and # Sumo Princess, Stephen Maglio)
4/4 – Mill Valley, CA Sweetwater Music Hall +
4/5 –  San Francisco, CA The Independent +
4/6 – Los Angeles, CA Troubadour ^
4/7 – San Diego, CA Soda Bar ^
5/8 –  New York, NY Mercury Lounge #
5/9 –  Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl #
5/10 –  Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts #
5/11 – Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes #
5/13 – Woodstock, NY Colony #
5/14 – Hamden, CT Space Ballroom #
5/15 – Portland, ME Port City Music Hall #
5/16 – Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall #
5/17 – Portsmouth, NH 3S Artspace #
5/18 – Jersey City, NJ White Eagle Music Hall #