Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce New Album ‘Unlimited Love’ & Share Single

Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a new album entitled, Unlimited Love, on April 1 through Warner Bros. Records. The band shared a video for the lead single, “Black Summer.”

The 17-track Unlimited Love features the return of guitarist John Frusciante who rejoined RHCP in 2019 to start his third stint in the band. In addition to being the band’s first recording with Frusciante since 2006, Unlimited Love sees RHCP reuniting with producer and frequent collaborator Rick Rubin for the first time since 2011.

The group that also consists of frontman Anthony Keidis, bassist Flea and drummer Chad Smith last released a full length album in 2016 with The Getaway. Red Hot Chili Peppers recently confirmed a world tour in support of the pending release.

A statement signed by the four members of the band reads:

Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.

We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album Unlimited Love, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our life’s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. – John, Anthony, Chad, and Flea

Frusciante shared an additional message that reads:

When we got together to start writing material, we began by playing old songs by people like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, The Kinks, The New York Dolls, Richard Barrett and others. Ever so gradually, we started bringing in new ideas, and turning jams into songs, and after a couple of months the new stuff was all we were playing. The feeling of effortless fun we had when we were playing songs by other people, stayed with us the whole time we were writing. For me, this record represents our love for, and faith in each other. – John

Watch the video for “Black Summer,” the lead single off the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new album, Unlimited Love below:

Unlimited Love Tracklist

1. Black Summer
2. Here Ever After
3. Aquatic Mouth Dance
4. Not the One
5. Poster Child
6. The Great Apes
7. It’s Only Natural
8. She’s A Lover
9. These Are The Ways
10. Whatchu Thinkin’
11. Bastards of Light
12. White Braids & Pillow Chair
13. One Way Traffic
14. Veronica
15. Let ‘Em Cry
16. The Heavy Wing
17. Tangelo