Bret Mckenzie - Freak Out The City (Pre-Order)
Bret Mckenzie - Freak Out The City (Pre-Order)
Bret Mckenzie - Freak Out The City (Pre-Order)

Bret Mckenzie - Freak Out The City (Pre-Order)

Bret Mckenzie

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The scheduled release date for this product is August 15th 2025. Release dates and availability are subject to change without notice.
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In 2022, Bret released Songs Without Jokes, his well-received solo debut for Sub Pop. His new album, Freak Out City, is a fresh collection of songs he developed while performing live across New Zealand and the United States with his eight-piece band The State Highway Wonders. The influence of his musical heroes Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman resonates again on this record, where Bret playfully weaves humour and heart into his songs.
 
Recorded in both Los Angeles and New Zealand, the album was co-produced by Bret and his long-time collaborator, Mickey Petralia. It was also mixed by Michael Harris at East West Studios and mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty at Nomograph Mastering in Los Angeles. The musicians on the record are a mix of LA-based players Leland Sklar, Dean Parks, Drew Erickson, Chris Caswell, and Joey Waronker, as well as New Zealand musicians Ben Lemi, Leo Coghini, Jacqui Nyman, Moana Leota, Iris Little, and Justin Clarke.
 
Freak Out City features the singles “Shouldna Come Here Tonight,” the title track “Freak Out City”, and “All I Need.”

Bret McKenzie is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning musician who is most well-known for his band Flight of the Conchords and their eponymous television show. He is internationally renowned for singing and writing funny, strange, and unique songs primarily for film and television. Bret’s songs have been sung by Kermit the Frog, Celine Dion, Lizzo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brittany Howard, Homer and Lisa Simpson, Fred Armisen, Miss Piggy, Amy Adams, Jason Segal, Ricky Gervais, Benee, Isabela Merced, Spongebob Squarepants, Tony Bennett, Mickey Rooney, and more.


01. Bethnal Green Blues
02. Freak Out City
03. The Only Dream I Know
04. All the Time
05. That’s the Way the World Goes ‘Round
06. All I Need
07. Eyes on the Sun
08. Too Young
09. Highs and Lows
10. Shouldna Come Here Tonight

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