Mike Keneally will be releasing his new solo album “The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat” on 24 February 2023. The album features guest appearances by Steve Vai, Eric Slick, Nick D’Virgilio and more. Taken from the album comes the track “Celery” accompanied by a great video Mikko Keinonen, watch it through the YouTube player below:
Mike Keneally comments: “This is my first new solo album in seven years – the last one was ‘Scambot 2’ in 2016, so this one has really been a long time coming. About half of the material on the new album was in the works prior to the pandemic, but the other half was created at home in lockdown in 2020 and 2021, and all the finishing touches were placed on the songs during 2022, so it’s been in the works for a while. I’ve never done so much work on an album on my own, so the learning curve was steep, but I did have help from friends all along the way, including farming out tracks to drummers who were also locked down at home. I wrote all the songs, and the lyrics of the later songs definitely reflect the strange times during which the album was finalized. A lot of my past albums have been lengthy, extended works, but this one is a tight 42 minutes, nine songs – I think it goes down pretty smooth but it travels to a lot of different places along the way. I’m extremely happy with it, and very grateful to finally be able to share it with everyone.”
The “official” wide release date for the album is 24 February 2023.
Pre-ordering is available here: https://store.keneally.com/
The new album is called The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat. It is a beautifully succinct album – nine songs, 42 minutes long, in the honorable, this-album-is-not-too-long tradition of Pet Sounds, Rubber Soul, and Kid A!
Mike Keneally Store pre-release CDs are shipping now, and you’ll get your download right away when you order.
The songs on the album are these:
- Logos
- Both Sides of the Street
- Mercury in Second Grade
- Celery
- Spigot (Draw the Pirate)
- Ack
- Lana
- Big Hit Song
- The Carousel of Progress