Georgia-bred songwriter and producer Butch Walker is perhaps best known for his work with the likes of Pink, Weezer, and Avril Lavigne—as well as a recent cheeky cover of the Taylor Swift smash “You Belong With Me,” wildly approved by T-Swiff herself.
Now the onetime Marvelous 3 frontman’s seventh full-length, I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, is due February 23; lead track “Trash Day,” he tells EW, is about “Society in America [being] based on things like success, self-importance, and maintaining it without ever going soft or complacent. Seeing it happen a little bit with myself and people all around me, I feel like it’s hard to avoid.”
“But,” he continues, “we all have trash and we all have to get rid of it, no matter who you are.” Or recycle it, Butch! That’s what the blue bins are for! Anyway, stream the rollicking, country-tinged “Trash Day” below, and see if you agree:
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i am so grateful that EW show butch the love he deserves!!! i have been a follower of him for over 15 years and he just keeps getting better and better. i wish more people would find out about him. in atlanta, ga, he is about as big as you can get. if you EVER have a chance to go see him in concert, GO!! you WILL NOT be dissapointed. yeah, butch!!!
Butch is the awesome. Best singer/songwriter/producer/writer in the last 15 years.
Seeing Butch twice at his residency in Chicago this week, should be great as always.
Butch is brilliant. ‘Nuff said.
Kind of a new fan here, but I’m SO excited to hear he has a new album coming out next month! “Sycamore Gardens” was the best album I’d heard in a long, long time.
It’s Sycamore Meadows xD
Oops, that’s what I meant.
Butch rocks!!
He has to come to argentina
He has to!
I agree with Lettergirl Butch is amazing live!! All of his music is great for the masses !!