HEY NOW IT’S BUTCH WALKER TIME!

Not only does musical superhero Butch Walker, herein dubbed “The Devin Townsend of pop,” have a new album out — The Spade, which I’ve somehow entirely neglected to write about until now even though it’s been out for weeks — but the ex-Southgang guitarist has an autobiography on the way too! Butch Walker, his very own book!

Producer books can be hit or miss, captivating looks into the behind-the-scenes sessions of and minds behind your favorite albums on one side of the spectrum and boring, self-indulgent TL;DR-fests on the other. But in the case of Butch Walker, who is not only a producer but a singer, songwriter, guitarist and all-around fucking genius, I have no doubt at all that Drinking With Strangers is going to be hard to put down. I know this with absolute certainty because Walker is one of the only songwriters/musicians in the history of ever whose lyrics I actually listen to; the dude’s got a way with words. AND he’s surely got some fucking amazing stories to tell from all of his years in a hair band, his time in the Marvelous 3, and the countless pop artists he’s produced.

There’s a little parody video Butch made to promote Drinking With Strangers over at EW.com. Unsurprisingly, it’s completely aces; if you ever watched Reading Rainbow growing up you’ll find it especially funny.

Drinking With Strangers comes out on October 25th and is available for pre-order via Amazon.

-VN