The Wallflowers will release their fourth album, Red Letter Days, on September 24th. The record, which is the follow-up to 2000's Breach, was produced by Bill Appleberry and onetime Wallflowers guitarist Tobi Miller.

Miller was replaced by Michael Ward in 1996. Ward then quit the group last year before work began on Red Letter Days, and frontman Jakob Dylan took over lead guitar on the record, with some help from Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Val McCallum (Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne).

"The group's spirit is at an all-time high now, mostly because all our priorities are finally in sync," Dylan posts, "and the new material is undoubtedly the strongest."

The band is expecting to tour extensively behind the album. "We would like to get everywhere," Dylan continues. "Last cycle we didn't get as far as we'd have liked -- only to Japan, which was great. We always plan on getting to new places, but the legs of a record sometimes dictate how long you can stay out there. We hope to see more of you and more places this next year."

The first single from the album has not been chosen, but is expected out in early August.

Red Letter Days track listing (sequence subject to change):

When You're on Top
How Good It Can Get
Closer to You
Everybody Out of the Water
Three Ways
Too Late to Quit
If You Never Got Sick
Health and Happiness
See You When I Get There
Feels Like Summer Again
Everything I Need
Here in Pleasantville

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(June 20, 2002)