“This new record is all about honoring [Richard] Swift,” Dan Auerbach said in a statement. “It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him.'
The LP features the Arcs’ original lineup of Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and the late Richard Swift, with the album paying tribute to the beloved singer-songwriter-producer-collaborator“This new record is all about honoring Swift,” Auerbach said in a statement. “It’s a way for us to say goodbye to him, by revisiting him playing and laughing, singing. It was heavy at times, but I think it was really helpful to do it.”’s Jan.
The Arcs’ Michels, who co-produced the album with Auerbach, said in a statement, “There are probably between 80 and 100 tracks that we laid down because we just constantly recorded after we put out Yours, Dreamily. It was so much fun to be in the studio once again, so we were just making music all the time. I think there was always a plan to make a follow-up record.”