Released: May 27 2022
Hey, if Bruce says Ethan Gruska is on “sprankles”, then I’m putting it in here…!
- Sidelines
- Tag
- The Hound
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Maybe Now
- Bucket List
- Days Ahead
- Lidar
- Is This It
- Had Enough
- Simple Prayer II
- Point Omega
‘Flicted day one take – leave your votes!
Personnel:
Bruce Hornsby (piano, dulcimer, vocals, bass, 12-string-guitar, synth bass, violin, Vox Continental bass, tenor guitar, electric sitar, Hammond B3 organ, melody line), John Mailander (violin, mandolin), Chad Wright (drums, shaker, triangle, woodblock, percussion, Airto), J.V. Collier (bass, boogaloo), Gibb Droll (guitar, Reznor, Albert Freddie and BB), J.T. Thomas (mellotron, Chamberlin, Vox Continental bass, organ), Ezra Koenig (vocals), Blake Mills (guitar), Ethan Gruska (vocals, stuff, sprankles, celeste, schmutz, wooze, zuzz, woo woos, added attractions), Mamo Lucas (clarinet), Elizabeth Vonderheide (violin), Jonathan Richards (violin), Matt Umlauf (viola), Elizabeth Richards (cello), Christopher White (bass), Wayne Pooley (rhythm guitar), Nicholas Gallas (clarinet), Danielle Haim (vocals), Z Berg (vocals), Jack Dejohnette (drums), Peter Rotter (conductor), yMusic: Rob Moose (violin, viola, octave viola, violina), Nadia Sirota (viola), Gabriel Cabezas (cello), Hideaki Aomori (clarinet), Alex Sopp (flute), C.J. Camerieri (trumpet).
Stereogum has the scoop, with quotes from Bruce.
Waterloo Records describes it as “a more upbeat record overall, speaking on COVID-19 using the world of science as a recurring influence”. Bruce describes it to them. Bruce tells them the title “relates to this strange time in which we live, when the world is basically, well, ‘flicted”.
The structure on the cover has acted as a restaurant, wine bar, gas station and latterly an art museum called the Coffee Pot in Lexington, Virginia. (“‘Flicted” also marks the first time that Bruce has appeared on the cover of one of his studio releases since “A Night on the Town“!)