“Working with other musicians on this album was such a joy because it gave us a rare opportunity to hear our songs through someone else’s ears.” “We’ve done similar things before - like the trumpet solo on ‘Adhesive’ from Tiny Music - but never on such a large scale,” Robert says. We only added things that served the songs.”Īs a result, there are instruments on Perdida that you don’t normally hear on an STP record, like flute (“I Didn’t Know The Time,”) alto saxophone (“Years,”) guitarrón (“Miles Away,”) and enough vintage keyboards to make Rick Wakeman jealous. “Everything you hear serves a purpose, from the space in the arrangements to the different instruments. The key to making the album, Dean explains, was finding a way to say more with less. To record Perdida, the quartet assembled at Kretz’s Bomb Shelter Studios in February. I had to let myself be as vulnerable writing the lyrics as Dean and Robert were writing the music.” “It’s an emotionally honest album and I needed to approach it that way for these songs to resonate. Writing lyrics for an introspective album like Perdida meant exposing himself like never before, says singer Jeff Gutt, who joined the band in 2017. “We performed on MTV Unplugged in 1993, and we usually play acoustic mini-sets on tour, so when Robert and Dean started playing their new songs for us during our tour last year, we knew right away they would be perfect for an acoustic album.” “Recording an acoustic album like Perdida is something the band has wanted to do for many years,” says drummer Eric Kretz.

“When I’ve gone through things in my life, I’ve found that sitting down and having an honest conversation with my guitar is the best therapy.” Bassist Robert DeLeo says Perdida (Spanish for ‘loss’) shows how music has helped them process grief, search for meaning and, ultimately, create something beautiful from the pain.

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