Chuck Prophet Wants to Let Freedom Ring

New rec due in October from Yep Roc.

By Blurt Staff

As we told you a few months ago in this space, Chuck Prophet and his band ventured to Mexico City to record the follow-up to 2007's album Soap & Water and encountered a swine flu pandemic, an earthquake, electric brownouts, and crashing hard drives. For proof, check the photo accompanying our news item, here.

But they still managed to polish off a new record titled ¡Let Freedom Ring!, which will be released October 27 on Yep Roc Records.

"I just wanted the energy of this place," Prophet says of Mexico City. "I'm looking at a studio that is totally state of the art... for 1957. I stood in the middle of that room, I clapped my hands and I knew we could make a great record."

You can check out the following promo trailer for the album and get some of that vibe: