Rich Robinson says Sirius Xm Canada set A Pound of Feathers in 10 days
sirius xm canada got the clearest sign yet that The Black Crowes are moving faster than they did on their last studio cycle: Rich Robinson said A Pound of Feathers was finished in about 10 days. The guitarist described a studio-first writing process that turned a pile of home-studio ideas into a completed record quickly.
Rich Robinson's studio pace
Rich Robinson said he sent Chris Robinson a bunch of material from his home studio, then kept writing after a big tour. From there, the band used a studio as a writing place and pushed through two or three songs a day. He also said he wrote quite a bit on electric guitar, which gives the record a different kind of room than a long, polished preproduction cycle.
“It's the season of brotherly love,” Robinson said on a video call from his home studio. He added, “We had a long time to write that record,” while discussing the response to Happiness Bastards, and that slower pace sits in sharp contrast to the speed of A Pound of Feathers.
From 2009 to 2024
The band’s recent run makes the new album easier to read as a business move as much as a creative one. The Black Crowes had a 15-year gap between 2009’s Before the Frost...Until the Freeze and 2024’s Happiness Bastards, then released A Pound of Feathers less than two years later.
Robinson said, “I think the success was a bit surprising for us,” and added, “We took our time, and it was a good statement to come back with after not being in the studio for however many years.” The point for the band is straightforward: after a long silence, they now have a much shorter turnaround between records and a process that can keep momentum alive.
Oasis echoes in the setlist
Robinson also tied the moment back to the 2001 co-headline run with Oasis, saying, “That co-headline run with Oasis was great and actually ended up being one of my favorite tours.” He said Chris Robinson saw Oasis on their reunion tour in New York not long ago and said they sounded great, a reminder that the same feuding-brothers mythology once sat at the center of both bands.
For listeners, the practical takeaway is that A Pound of Feathers was not treated like a slow build or a distant project. It came together fast, after a touring stretch and a studio writing sprint, which suggests the next Black Crowes chapter is being handled with more urgency than the 15-year album gap once allowed.
