As the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD gear up for the release of their third studio album--Phosphorescent Harvest, out April 29th via Silver Arrow Records--the band has released the album’s opener, ‘Shore Power’.

Phosphorescent Harvest is a treasure trove of 10 songs - including several the band road-tested over the last few years - that advances the band’s kaleidoscopic sound, which is deeply soulful, rootsy and spacey all at once. There’s strong songcraft here, with a free-flowing delivery; it is music that is in no hurry to reach its destination but firmly knows where it is going. From the beginning, the CRB set out to do something different from what they had done before, creating their own scene with a musical prowess, cohesive songwriting and a unified commitment to experimentation, both in the studio and on the road (they’ve performed over 230 shows since forming in 2011).

“The best perspective I have on what's going on in my life - good and bad - is what comes out in the songs,” says Chris Robinson. “As you move on in time, you get older, you have relationships. Some of them are good, some fail. Friends. Drugs. Life. Death. People come, people go. Songwriting is a completely different emotional response to your life and to what it means, to in some poetic nature, put it out there.”

Phosphorescent Harvest follows the release of the companion albums Big Moon Ritual (June 2012) and The Magic Door (September 2012) plus last year’s live quadruple vinyl Betty’s S.F. Blends, Vol 1. The group continues to record with producer Thom Monahan, and Robinson wrote all of the songs with Casal, save for two that are Robinson solo compositions ('Tornado', 'Jump The Turnstiles').

Phosphorescent Harvest tracklisting:

'Shore Power'

'About a Stranger'

'Meanwhile In The Gods....'

'Badlands Here We Come'

'Clear Blue Sky & The Good Doctor'

'Beggar’s Moon'

'Wanderer’s Lament'

'Tornado'

'Jump The Turnstiles'

'Burn Slow'

'Humboldt Windchimes' (bonus track on CD only)

* On the LP release, there is an additional 7" with 'Humboldt Windchimes'/'Star Crossed Lonely Sailor'.

Tour dates

April

12 - Live Oak, FL - Wanee Festival
13 - Tampa, FL - The Ritz
18 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's
19 - Wilmington, NC - Ziggy's By the Sea
20 - Atlanta, GA - Sweetwater 420 Festival
29 - San Rafael, CA - Terrapin Crossroads
30 - San Rafael, CA - Terrapin Crossroads

May

1 - San Rafael, CA - Terrapin Crossroads
3 - Big Sur, CA - Henry Miller Library
4 - Big Sur, CA - Henry Miller Library
6 - Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club Crown Room
8 - Ashland, OR - Historic Ashland Armory
9 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
13 - Missoula, MT - The Top Hat
14 - Bozeman, MT - Emerson Cultural Center
16 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
17 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
20 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
23 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
24 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's