Houston: We have a Drinking Problem is a classic. Acrophobe was good, and Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment was mostly a giant disappointment. I'll check this out, but if it's just Joey then it probably would have been better as a solo release.

Very nice, Joey can do no wrong

No Bad Astronaut since 2006 and no Lagwagon since 2019 seems pretty wrong ;)

Musically he can do no wrong, I think his personal life took a beating, as was evident in his solo release in 2021.

He's had some travesty in his life for sure.

Brilliant song. Love his songs that utilise piano.

here's hoping this leads to Acrophobe getting put (back?) on streaming; not a huge deal, but the convenience would be appreciated

Acrophobe is on Spotify

@Willie agreed, Houston is absolutely a 5 record through and through. What didn't you like about Twelve Steps? For me it kind of straddles the immediacy of Acrophobe with Houston's more expansive arrangements, but it doesn't always work great. Having it be forever unfinished and pasted together from demos with Derrick might be a reason it never hit like Houston does for me - the production and simplified arrangements definitely aren't as interesting, but it's saved with great songwriting

Also fyi but Fat finally released a presser for this, it's not just Joey the rest of the surviving band is involved (except Marko I guess)

Cool. Also totally missed they put out a new single a few years ago?? I know he said they were done when their drummer died but I'd love a new album or at least a tour.

Twelve Steps is easily superior to Acrophobe imo, I had no idea it was unfinished