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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mike-watt-patrick-shiroishi-eli-winter-lily-finnegan-form-new-supergroup-announce-debut-album-bonsai-weeping-willow/
- Published: 2026-11-13T16:07:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T17:52:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2517902/mike-watt-patrick-shiroishi-eli-winter-lily-finnegan-form-new-supergroup-announce-debut-album-bonsai-weeping-willow/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- 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.

## Summary

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.

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