{"id":1771,"date":"2025-08-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:09:46","slug":"the-cocaine-drain-album-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/2025\/08\/the-cocaine-drain-album-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Cocaine Drain” Album Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 11, 2025<\/strong>: Today, The Cowsills, the hit family singing group of the 60s, have announced the release of The \u201cCocaine Drain\u201d Album, out September 19 via Omnivore Recordings. The \u201clost\u201d album produced by Chuck Plotkin (Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan) in the 70s is finally back, restored and remastered, featuring 5 bonus tracks. Along with the announcement they’ve also shared a single from the album, “Is Your Love Alive?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen To \u201cIs Your Love Alive?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cowsills\u2019 story is now one of legend. From their beginnings as a pop-vocal group (and the inspiration for The Partridge Family), to their emergence as Alt-rock\/Americana heroes, there\u2019s always a surprise in there. The \u201cCocaine Drain\u201d Album<\/em> is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From their acclaimed 2022 release Rhythm Of The World<\/em>, to the reissue of 1998\u2019s Global<\/em> in 2024, it has become obvious that the group is more than \u201cThe Rain, The Park, And Other Things.\u201d And, how so much music was \u201clost\u201d when it should have been in everyone\u2019s ears all this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1978, the band began recording demos with Chuck Plotkin, after an introduction from Jackson Browne, and eventually moved into studios to record a full album. In addition to Bob and Paul Cowsill originals, the band recorded songs by John Hall (Orleans), future Grammy-winner Wendy Waldman, and \u201cBuzzy\u201d Feiten. It was all going smoothly until Plotkin moved on to mix Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Darkness On The Edge Of Town<\/em>. Future multiple Grammy-winner Val Garay (Kim Carnes, James Taylor, The Motels) stepped in to sequence and master the recordings, yet, an expected major-label deal never materialized. The masters disappeared, and (another) great album languished in obscurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, The \u201cCocaine Drain\u201d Album<\/em> (named after Hall\u2019s composition) sees a proper release. Garay\u2019s original sequence sits next to five bonus recordings. Restored and remastered by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, the album feels as fresh and vital as it would have upon its intended release. Liner notes from Bob Cowsill and Brett Milano outline the story of its almost fantastical creation, and what happened after the dust settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it isn\u2019t a dream anymore. The \u201cCocaine Drain\u201d Album <\/em>by The Cowsills makes a triumphant return to the marketplace\u2014even if it\u2019s actually for the first time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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