"One Man Mutiny" is Stinson's most fully-realized effort to see in both production quality and craft of song.
"I'm finding it a lot more interesting to produce music these days," says Tommy. "Especially given the musical climate as of the final few years - there are a lot of people complaining about how bad it is. I am actually embrace the challenges." This album is also a family affair for Tommy - his fiance Emily Roberts sings harmonies on many of the songs and go on his first ever duet, "Destroy Me", while her uncle Chip Roberts' slide guitar playing flavors the album from source to end.
The album was produced by Phillip Broussard, Jr. (who has engineered records for such groups as Red Hot Chile Peppers, Weezer as easily as Tommy's first solo effort, "Village Gorilla Head") and recorded at Tommy's Bipolarbear studios in both Los Angeles and suburban Philadelphia. The exception would be the title track, "One Man Mutiny", which was recorded with Guns N' Roses members Dizzy Reed and Richard Fortus in the restaurant of the Conrad Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on a day off from their 2010 European tour, which was authenticated on video (along with all sorts of other adventures on the route with Guns N' Roses) on Tommy's web site. The album was mixed by Sean Beavan (Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails, and Tommy's "Village Gorilla Head").
One of the songs from "One Man Mutiny", a call "near the cumbersome and tragic position of dating people you shouldn't be trying to date" called "Meant To Be", can be streamed below (courtesy of Spin.com).
"Meant To Be" audio stream:
Stinson played a few shows in May to preview some of the new material. He was backed by a good rock band, which featured Mike Gent (The Figgs), fiance Emily Roberts, Tim Schweiger, Jon Phillip (Limbeck) and special guests.
As if that's not adequate to prevent him busy, Stinson is currently helping Soul Asylum put the finishing touches on the band's upcoming release and will go with the group this summer.
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