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Musical supergroup, The Baseball Project, announced its fourth studio album Grand Salami Time!, due June 30 via Omnivore Recordings. The impending collection finds the ensemble on the brink of releasing 15 fresh tracks, which they have previewed today with the release of the LP’s first single, “Journeyman.”

Comprised of Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate), former R.E.M. members Peter Buck and Mike Mills, as well as Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5/Young Fresh Fellows) and Linda Pitmon (Filthy Friends, Alejandro Escovedo), their forthcoming album was recorded at Easter’s fabled Fidelitorium Studios in Kernersville, N.C. 

For the tracking of the project, the entire band performed live together in the same room. Grand Salami Time!, appearances by Stephen McCarthy (The Long Ryders) and Steve Berlin (Los Lobos). The Baseball Project’s forthcoming assemblage of new music is the follow-up to the band’s third album, 2014’s fittingly named 3rd. 

“I was in a hotel room just outside of Buffalo when I got an email from Peter with an instrumental version of this song,” shared Wynn, who penned the song with Buck. “The words came immediately, not surprising since a veteran musician stringing together a series of one-night stands has more than a little in common with a left-handed relief specialist who plays for a dozen teams in a workmanlike career. Extra points for anyone who picked up on the Walter White quote.”

Listen to “Journeyman” now. Pre-order Grand Salami Time! 

Grand Salami Time! Tracklist:

1. Grand Salami Time

2. The Yips

3. Screwball

4. Uncle Charlie

5. Journeyman

6. Erasable Man

7. New Oh In Town

8. Disco Demolition

9. Stuff

10. The All or Nothings

11. That’s Living

12. 64 and 64

13. Having Fun

14. Fantasy Baseball Widow

15. The Voice of Baseball