On November 1, 2011, Jakob Dylan announced that The Wallflowers would be reuniting to release an album, explaining: “I never suggested we were breaking up. We all felt we were losing the plot a bit and we needed a break… that year break becomes two years, then becomes three years, and before you know it five or six years go by pretty quickly. I can’t do what I do in The Wallflowers without them. I miss it.” In an interview with the St. Joseph News-Press , Dylan said that The Wallflowers would be getting into the studio in January and the lineup would include Greg Richling on bass, Rami Jaffee on keys, Stuart Mathis on guitar and Fred Eltringham on drums. However, weeks before The Wallflowers began recording, Eltringham left the band to pursue other projects. The band quickly got former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons to join the band. Irons was previously involved in a side project with Richling, the Wallflowers bassist.
Band reunites for new album
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