The Far West - Everything We Thought We Wanted

Artiest/Band: The Far West Album: Everything We Thought We Wanted Release: 26th September 2025 Label: Blackbird Record Label Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Country/Americana The Band:  Brian Bachman, drums and backing vocals Aaron Bakker, guitar and backing vocals Robert Black, bass and backing vocals Lee Briante, guitar, harmonica, vocals Michael Whiteside, piano, organ, keys, backing vocals......►►►

Let me introduce you to Everything We Thought We Wanted , the long-awaited third studio album from Los Angeles-based Americana band The Far West which will release 09/26/2025 on Blackbird Record Label. 

Just Announced--the band will be performing an official showcase at AmericanaFest 2025. 

The album nearly didn’t happen—lost masters, a pandemic, and a wildfire almost destroyed it entirely. But through persistence, late-night recording sessions, and a heroic gear rescue during the Eaton Fire, the band finished what may be their most emotionally resonant and sonically adventurous record to date.

Self-produced and mixed/mastered by Dave Trumfio (Wilco, Grandaddy), the album was recorded in off-hours at the School of Audio Engineering in Hollywood and finished at guitarist Aaron Bakker’s home studio in 2020 before it burned.

The sound is rooted in classic American songwriting but unafraid to stretch (think Muscle Shoals soul meets late-Beatles psychedelia with desert folk and Southern rock in the mix). The Far West blends sad songs with infectious grooves, built on lived experience, loss, and the stubborn hope that something better is just around the corner.

(Chris Morris is the author of Los Lobos: Dream in Blue and Together Through Life: A Per- sonal Journey with the Music of Bob Dylan. He lives in Los Angeles.)

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