Surprisingly, it was their foray into dance music that brought the band back, Brown tells EW.
Now I can live in both of those worlds.
We wanted it to be the most personal album that weve ever written, he says ofWelcome Home.
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This is the first album that we set out to write a full album for a single project.
Theres a line in that song about needing islands when Im home and missing my family when Im gone.
[But] music saved me.
I would have been completely lost without it.
So giving myself to music is something I will also do.
I will always play music.
The partnership works on many levels.
Hes from Georgia where were from, Brown explains.
It felt like he was my neighbor.
All of the jokes make sense.
And hes an incredible soul as well as talented.
Hes good at extracting the best of what you got yourself.
Were not using the horns or the choir right now.
Were gonna be playing all of this new stuff, some new covers.
Its going to be something really special when people come back.
And thats our job.
We owe that to these people.
They choose to come see us opposed to any of the other people they could go see.
Welcome Homeis currently available forpre-order.
ZBB kick off their massive summer tour this week.
All dates are available onthe bands website.
