"Hallelujah, come join the jubilee."

That's the invitation that opens WARPAINT, the first new studio recording in seven years from the blessed THE BLACK CROWES, true believers in rock's power and potential to set us free. Their powerful new album--the first on the band's own Silver Arrow Records, distributed through Megaforce/Sony Red BMG--builds compellingly on the band’s trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel, and finds the band in top fighting form.

"WARPAINT is a declaration of our soulful independence," says Chris Robinson, the creative force behind this band with his brother Rich for the past 18 years. "The thing about the last three years has been, 'How do we continue to be independent? How do we begin to exercise control and freedom over our own trip?' That's what the title is all about."

"Every record was a great experience to get us to where we are today," says Rich Robinson. “This is what we love to do, and we want to do it the best we can. That's what's in this record and I think that shows."

Today, anyone checking in on “The Most Rock ‘N Roll Rock ‘N Roll Band In The World," as the U.K.’s Melody Maker once called them, will find THE BLACK CROWES more dedicated than ever to their craft which has resulted in a body of work with sales of 20 million albums worldwide. WARPAINT is the band’s seventh studio recording and features 11 songs--all of which were written by CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON, except “God’s Got It” by the Reverend Charlie Jackson. The disc, which features such standout songs as first single “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution,” “Oh Josephine,” “Locust Street” and “Walk Believer Walk,” hums with an apostolic zeal appropriate to a record that often delves into the things we place our faith in.

"If someone hears WARPAINT and they like rock n' roll music, it's going to mean something to them," says Chris. "People have wondered if it's a political record or if these are protest songs. I say no, my politics are the politics of beauty. And if that's something you're into then you have to understand the myriad of shades we have in something beautiful–from joy to pain to sorrow, from tenderness to ugliness. All those things are in there."