The video premiered October 21 on American Songwriter with Paul Zollo noting that “the new passionately incendiary single by the acclaimed Americana-plus band Dead Rock West, led by Frank Lee Drennen and Cindy Wasserman…is a great song and remarkable record, expansively produced by David J Carpenter, and delivered with urgency by Frank and Cindy together, bringing back the dual spirit of John Doe and Exene in X.”

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“Revolution In The Garden” marks a potent new sound for DEAD ROCK WEST whose 2017 album ‘More Love’ was produced by punk rock legend John Doe of X and who’ve toured with X, Dave & Phil Alvin, and Peter Case. The band’s line-up is rounded out by Geoff Pearlman (lead guitar), David J Carpenter (bass guitar) and Phil Parlapiano (piano + keys). On the new song, they’re joined by Matt Lynott of The White Buffalo (drums), Patrick Dennis (percussion) and The Section Quartet (strings).

“Revolution In The Garden” is sonically propulsive and lyrically a powerful call-to-action with lines like “The voice in our head/The voice on the tube/The voice tellin’ us/We’re all gonna lose.”

The video was directed and shot by Drennen in the Frogtown area of Los Angeles. Its quick-cut edits underline the urgency of the song which was written by Drennen and indie rock artist Patrick Dennis nearly 30 years ago when they played in a duo called The Homer Gunns from Leucadia, CA near San Diego. “Revolution In The Garden” feels more timely than ever.

The track was produced by David J Carpenter, mixed by Dave Way and mastered by Dave McNair.