Red Hot Chili Peppers have released the title track from their upcoming album The Getaway, their first recording since I’m With You came out in 2011. “The Getaway” marks the second single they’ve made available from the impending LP, after “Dark Necessities.”
RHCP have been having a rough couple of weeks: Earlier this month, frontman Anthony Keidis was hospitalized for intestinal flu complications (which he has since recovered from), requiring the band to cancel their iHeart Radio performance. Meanwhile, just a few days ago, RHCP bassist Flea bemoaned the state of rock music, calling it “a dead form,” though he also said that he considers his own band and Pearl Jam exceptions. “The Getaway” and “Dark Necessities” are both considerably more funk than punk, even by the band’s usual standard, so we may have to wait until the LP drops June 17 to find out whether Flea is right.
