BRETT NEWSKI & the Bad Inventions - Announce new album, new pocket book
“Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival”
NOT AVAIL ON AMAZON
Blends 60’s Dylan & 90’s grunge
+ Tours USA, South Africa, Europe
LP OUT May 1
art by Newski.
Folk-Grunge. Alt-country. Garage Americana. Whatever you call it, BRETT NEWSKI has carved his own lane at the crossroads of scrappy rock n roll, freak folk and comedic storytelling. Out May 1, Newski returns with a new album (and companion pocket book) Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival, arriving via Nomad Union.
“Recording to tape is the only way to keep music purely human,” says Newski. “You can’t fake a tape recording. Currently, AI has no way to get onto analog tape.
The book/music will NOT be on Amazon. The title track will NOT be on any streaming. Pre-order: https://www.brettnewski.com/merch
Have a Thing blends 60’s era Bob Dylan's freewheeling lyricism with the crunch, grit, and melodic bite of 90s alternative rock, showcasing NEWSKI's production style of a lost Velvet Underground tape. Recorded straight to cassette in Milwaukee, WI, the project leans into the imperfections that make analog charm so enduring.
Pre-order LP, CD, digital here. (First 30 copies are one-of-a-kind hand-painted vinyl and CD’s available while supplies last)
NEW BOOK! Pre-order the album’s companion pocket BOOK, or “FIELD GUIDE”, if you will, featuring journals, drawings, lyrics, and road pics from 2023-24 when Have a Thing was being written. (Only 350 copies, first 50 copies are signed).
Alongside his band BRETT NEWSKI & the Bad Inventions, NEWSKI has been regarded as one of the most relentlessly touring DIY artists of the decade. He’s spent a decade spent touring the backroads and underground venues of Europe, South Africa, North America, and even less-trodden circuits like Vietnam, Japan, Iceland.
Newski writes great songs and sings em like a champ. He could entertain Russian mob members in a Siberian prison and still come out on top. He’s that good. -Steve Poltz
One-of-a-kind hand painted vinyl LPs! by newski
Performing alongside bands like Pixies, Violent Femmes, Courtney Barnett, Gin Blossoms, Manchester Orchestra, Better than Ezra, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Toad the Wet Sprocket & Nada Surf, Newski heads back on the road with Steve “Mr Bicep” Vorass on drums, Sean “Bad Man” Anderson on bass and Chris Haise on piano.
His 2024 book Piss in the Wind, tells tales of his weirdest shows across Vietnam, Thailand, and Hong Kong before moving to Saigon, Vietnam for two years. A must-read for fans of Hunter S Thompson, Chuck Klosterman, or Henry Rollins.
Newski also authored humor-meets-mental-health book Its Hard to be a Person; Defeating Anxiety, Surviving the World, & Having More Fun, receiving international acclaim & landing on CBS, NBC, NPR, American Songwriter, SiriusXM, & Billboard.
Newski’s podcast Dirt from the Road, dives into musicians lowest moments on the road, featuring guests like Dashboard Confessional, The Lumineers, Butch Vig, Nada Surf, Guster, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Verve Pipe, Frank Turner, Heartless Bastards, Charlie Berens, Cloud Nothings, Barenaked Ladies, & All American Rejects.
"I like the sound and the way he is forcing the world to contend with him." -Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes
For press inquiries, interviews, or promotional copies, contact:
Kat Bernstein
kat@nomadunionmusic.com
Official: www.brettnewski.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/newski
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brettnewski
TRACKLIST
The Last Time Again
2. Paper Crown (feat Aaron Shover)
3. Again
4. Distorted Morning
5. Narrow Escapes
6. In Love With Everything (Except People)
7. Jesus Freak (feat Chris Haise)
8. Until You Want It For Yourself
9. Banking on Never Breaking Down Again
10. Boxer
11. Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival - NOT ON STREAMING
Folk-Grunge. Alt-country. Garage Americana. Whatever you call it, BRETT NEWSKI has carved his own lane at the crossroads of scrappy rock n roll, freak folk and comedic storytelling. Out May 1, Newski returns with a new album (and companion pocket book) Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival,arriving via Nomad Union.
The book/music will NOT be on Amazon. The title track will NOT be on any streaming.
Have a Thing blends 60’s era Bob Dylan's freewheeling lyricism with the crunch, grit, and melodic bite of 90s alternative rock, showcasing NEWSKI's production style of a lost Velvet Underground tape. Recorded straight to cassette in Milwaukee, WI, the project leans into the imperfections that make analog charm so enduring.
*GET IT BEFORE RELEASE DAY! Item ships early-mid April
TRACKLIST
The Last Time Again
2. Paper Crown (feat Aaron Shover)
3. Again
4. Distorted Morning
5. Narrow Escapes
6. In Love With Everything (Except People)
7. Jesus Freak (feat Chris Haise)
8. Until You Want It For Yourself
9. Banking on Never Breaking Down Again
10. Boxer
11. Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival - NOT ON STREAMING
TOUR DATES pt 1
2/14 - BURLINGTON, IA - The Washington
SOUTH AFRICA 2026
March 7 - JOHANNESBURG, ZA - Mielepop Festival 5p
March 8- JOHANNESBURG, ZA - Carvers 1pm
MAR 21 - CAPE TOWN, ZA - House of Machines
NEW Pocket BOOK! Pre-order the album’s companion pocket BOOK, or “FIELD GUIDE”, if you will, featuring journals, drawings, lyrics, and road pics from 2023-24 when Have a Thing was being written. (Only 350 copies, first 50 copies are signed).
MAR 22- KOMMETJIE, ZA - NOT SIFF FEST at Glen and Debs 3pm
USA SPRING 2026
4/10 - CINCINNATI, OH - Southgate House
4/11 - KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC - Swellsa Brewing
4/12 - RALEIGH, NC - Band on the roof
4/14 - RICHMOND, VA - flowerama house
4/17 - MONKTON, MD - Manor Mill Arts Center
4/18 - SOUTH EGREMONT, MA - Egremont Barn
4/19 - SOUTHBURY, CT - ConnArtists
4/26 - MADISON, WI - High Noon (3p)
4/30 - CHICAGO (Arlington Hts) - Hey Nonny
5/1 - ROCKFORD, IL - The Music Box
5/2 - MILWAUKEE, WI - The Argo
5/3 - APPLETON, WI - Gibson Hall (2pm doors, 3pm day show)
SCANDIANVIA 2026
5/12 - MALMO, SE - Medley*
5/13 - SKJERN, DK - Remisen Skjern*
5/14 - OSLO, NO - Herr Nillsen*
5/15 - DRAMMEN, NO - Kometten*
5/16 - UDDEVALLA, SE - Kassetten*
5/17 - RINGEBU, NO - Arnemoen Gard
5/20 - TRONDHEIM, NO - Moskus
5/21 - BERGEN, NO - Apollon
5/23 - GALLOWAY, SC - Knockengorroch Fest
*Will Varley opens
6/9 - LIBERTYVILLE, IL
Folk-Grunge. Alt-country. Garage Americana. Whatever you call it, BRETT NEWSKI has carved his own lane at the crossroads of scrappy rock n roll, freak folk and comedic storytelling. Out May 1, Newski returns with a new album (and companion pocket book) Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival, arriving via Nomad Union.
The book/music will NOT be on Amazon. The title track will NOT be on any streaming.
Have a Thing blends 60’s era Bob Dylan's freewheeling lyricism with the crunch, grit, and melodic bite of 90s alternative rock, showcasing NEWSKI's production style of a lost Velvet Underground tape. Recorded straight to cassette in Milwaukee, WI, the project leans into the imperfections that make analog charm so enduring.
*GET IT BEFORE RELEASE DAY! Item ships early-mid April
TRACKLIST
The Last Time Again
2. Paper Crown (feat Aaron Shover)
3. Again
4. Distorted Morning
5. Narrow Escapes
6. In Love With Everything (Except People)
7. Jesus Freak (feat Chris Haise)
8. Until You Want It For Yourself
9. Banking on Never Breaking Down Again
10. Boxer
11. Have a Thing, Miss Your Moment, Wait for the Revival - NOT ON STREAMING
6/19 - HOLCOMBE, WI - Pine Drive Bar
6/20 - SUAMICO, WI - Station 1
6/26 - FREMONT, MI - Dogwood Performing Arts Center
7/7 - GRAND FORKS, ND - N Dakota Museum of Art
7/8 - VIROQUA, WI - Esofea Park
Gift a Patreon membership: www.patreon.com/newski
