Mike Watt, Patrick Shiroishi, Eli Winter, & Lily Finnegan Form New Supergroup, Announce Debut Album Bonsai Weeping Willow

Here's a fun surprise: A fasinating crew of accomplished musicians across the realm of rock, jazz, folk, and experimental music have assembled to make an album called Bonsai Weeping Willow. The project brings together bassist Mike Watt (of Minutemen/Dos/Firehose fame, plus a million other endeavors), saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi (of the Armed and a million other endeavors), drummer Lily Finnegan (of Heat On and a million other endeavors), and guitarist Eli Winter (who you may know from his solo work or, you guessed it, a million other endeavors). They haven't adopted a band name; instead, all four musicians are simply credited by their name.Watt assembled the group, convening them in his hometown of San Pedro to record at Casa Hanzo, a studio run by Watt’s Secondmen bandmate Pete Mazich. With barely any time to get on each other's wavelengths, they tracked 90 minutes of overdub-free improvisational music, later culled into tracks by Winter. One of those, a nearly eight-minute excursion called "Deluxe Hook Package," is out today, so listen to it below.No word on a tracklist or pre-order link yet, but the album will be out on 2/1.