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Mike Watt, Patrick Shiroishi, Eli Winter, & Lily Finnegan Form New Supergroup, Announce Debut Album Bonsai Weeping Willow
Bassist Mike Watt has brought together saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi, drummer Lily Finnegan and guitarist Eli Winter for a new album, *Bonsai Weeping Willow*. The musicians recorded improvised music in San Pedro, with Winter later shaping the session into tracks.
The group recorded 90 minutes of overdub-free music at Casa Hanzo, a studio run by Watt’s Secondmen bandmate Pete Mazich, after little time to get acquainted. A nearly eight-minute track, “Deluxe Hook Package”, has been released; no tracklist or pre-order details were available in the article. The album is due out on 1 February.
In short
- Mike Watt assembled a four-musician improvisational project.
- The album draws on a 90-minute overdub-free session.
- “Deluxe Hook Package” is out ahead of the 1 February release.