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Limited to 500 copies worldwide.1x 140g colour vinyl in single sleeve with printed inner bag with liner notes and lyrics.Punk veteran. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Americana and rock songwriter. Modernday guitar hero. For more than 25 years, Chris Shiflett has blurred the lines between genre and generation, balancing his fullband projects with a thriving solo career.He turns a new page withLost at Sea, a solo record that builds a bridge between Nashville where Shiflett has become a frequent visitor, performing on the Grand Ole Opry one minute and collaborating with Music City tastemakers like Jaren Johnston and Dave Cobb the next and his native California. Caught halfway between the honkytonk saloon and the punkrock dive bar,Lost at Seais both eclectic and electric, making room for altcountry crunch, guitardriven grit, and sharp songwriting. Tying that mix together is Shiflett himself a musical Renaissance Man whose influences are every bit as wideranging as his resum.Shiflett recorded the majority ofLost at Seain Nashville, working with producer and collaborator Jaren Johnstonfrontman of the Cadillac Three, as well as the songwriter behind nearly a dozen Number 1 country hitsand a small cast of Americana allstars. Among them were fellow guitar slingers Worsham, Bukovac, and Nathan Keeterle, all three of whom laced the record with fiery fretwork. He also teamed up with a number of cowriters, partnering with Kendell Marvel, Cody Jinks, and others to fill Lost at Sea with storylines that pack as hefty a punch as the music itself.Lost at Seashowcases the full range of Shiflett’s abilities. There are harmonized guitar solos worthy of Thin Lizzy, &lified country anthems, and rootsrockers steeped in Tom Petty’s influence. The breakneck pace and palmmuted guitars of “Parties” salute Shiflett’s early days within the Bay Area punk scene, while “Damage Control” with its layers of reverb, pulsing percussion, and Echoplex tape delay flirts with the atmospheric dub music that Lee Scratch Perry introduced. Everything is grounded in melody. Shiflett nods to his heroes throughout, but he charts his own territory, too, whipping up a diverse sound that’s distinctly his own.All preorders also receive a digital download ofThe 606 Sessions,featuring four alternate versions of songs fromLost At SeaBlack Top White Lines, Dead and Gone, Damage Control, and Overboard.