What a feeling to hear our 14-year-old ask me if I want to hear my band’s new single on her Spotify!

She knew it was coming out today and she couldn’t wait to see if it was appearing on the platform (her preferred way to listen to music). As soon as we got in the truck to drive downtown to her school this morning, she dialed it in and there it was — a new song from my band.

Man, I wish that drive could have lasted forever.

Between 1998 and 2013, I wrote songs for and performed with two faux-French bands in New York City. There are so many amazing stories about that crazy time. One of the best is the Slate.com piece, “How My Faux-French Band Wound Up in Federal Court,” by our bass player Jean-Luc.

The second band, launched in 2005, was Nous Non Plus. You can find all of our music on all of the major platforms.

And you can read about our new single and how it came to be on our site at NousNonPlus.com.

Back in the late 1990s, we performed at the opening of our friend and sometime producer’s new beer garden on the Lower East Side. He was German and so we decided to add 99 Luftballons to our set. It ended up becoming our go-to anthemic closer. In July 2007, the American people had become disillusioned with Bush administration lies. And the song took on a life of its own as one of our “peace songs.” Don’t miss what Jean-Luc wrote about the song on our site (it’s spit-take hilarious).

A live recording from La Flèche d’Or (the coolest rock club in Paris at the time) was recently uncovered and our record company Aeronaut decided to put it out.

Look for it now or click here for all links.

I miss those days so much. The recording studios, the tours in the U.S. and France, the albums and songs of ours that charted on CMJ. But, man, I also wish every songwriter/guitar player could feel that feeling of listening to your new single with your daughter early in the morning on our way to her school. It’s even sweeter than the first time around.

Happy listening! Please share and stream. And thank you for the support!