{"id":23009,"date":"2025-07-24T18:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23009"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:33:35","slug":"pino-palladino-blake-mills-new-album-that-wasnt-a-dream-out-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23009","title":{"rendered":"Pino Palladino & Blake Mills’ new album, That Wasn’t A Dream<\/em>, out next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four years on from the release of Notes With Attachments<\/em>, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills<\/a> are back with a new chapter in their ongoing collaboration. The pair have announced the release of That Wasn\u2019t A Dream<\/em>, a new album challenging the boundaries of what to expect from two of the most inventive minds in contemporary music. Palladino, a Grammy-winning bassist renowned for his work with everyone from D\u2019Angelo and Nine Inch Nails to Erykah Badu and John Mayer, and Mills, the Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with the likes of Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and Perfume Genius, continue to explore their unique chemistry on this new record. The upcoming That Wasn\u2019t A Dream<\/em> finds its groove through restraint, as Palladino explains, \u201cIt came to light, really, that if we could make something work with the least possible ingredients, space could become the centerpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album was recorded over a two-month stretch at Sound City Studios, with contributions from frequent collaborator Sam Gendel. The new instrument experimentation, in particular the fretless baritone sustainer guitar that Mills helped design, also adds a layer of sonic complexity. “The fretless sustainer can sound almost like a cross between a woodwind, brass, and bowed string instrument,\u201d Mills explained. \u201cIt\u2019s a tough instrument to control or define.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of the album’s release on August 22nd through New Deal \/ Impulse! Records<\/a>, Palladino and Mills have shared the lead single ‘Taka’. A kaleidoscopic and funky track featuring Chris Dave on drums, it comes with an accompanying video directed by Justin Daashuur Hopkins, and you can watch it below.<\/p>\n