The Key

The title track from G Love‘s upcoming album, Fixin’ To Die, which will be released Feb. 22 on Brushfire Records and was produced by The Avett Brothers at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC:

This morning G Love tweeted @glove this bit of information about his forthcoming album: “The day has finally come… I’m here to tell you my new record “Fixin’ To Die” produced by The Avett Brothers is dropping– 2/23/2011 #BLUES.” The album was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, North Carolina with Seth and Scott Avett. Now that we have a release date, we’ve also got a trailer that G made about the new record. Check it out below, then watch G Love with the Avett Brothers perform “The Fall” from this past summer’s Summer Camp 2010. Yo G. Let’s get that album over here quick! We can’t wait to hear it.

Paste Magazine reports that, not only did G. Love team up with The Avett Brothers for his upcoming album, but the union was all their doing:

Almost a year ago after an Avett Brothers show in Boston, Paste had the pleasure of introducing Garret Dutton (aka G. Love) to the band and then stood by like a proverbial third wheel while they hit it off. Being a lucky fly on the wall, we learned how much the Avetts were inspired by G. Love’s early career with his ability to re-imagine classic “back porch” blues in a modern style, which helped the Avett’s believe they, too, could stay true to their musical heritage…So it came as little surprise when G. love—who had been looking for potential producing partners for his new album—asked the North Carolina-based brothers to join him at Echo Mountain Recording Studio, a beautiful converted church, in Asheville.

Hey, thanks, Paste! Unfortunately, the publication’s fly-on-the-wall status didn’t help them glean any insider information about the recording session, other than “by all accounts from both camps, the recording vibe was powerful, simple and honest.” So, fans of Mr. Cold Beverage will have to wait until the as-yet-untitled album drops next spring to hear the results. In the meantime, you can check out the video below, which was shot by Avett Brothers bassist Joe Kwon earlier this year during a rehearsal at Summercamp 2010.

The Fall – The Avett Brothers feat. G. Love from Joseph Kwon on Vimeo.