Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Getaway review – a mournful, streamlined return

(Warner Bros) Related: Rock music is dead, says Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea The funk-rock veterans’ return got off to a stuttering start: sessions were put on hold following bassist Flea’s snowboarding injury, Anthony Kiedis was hospitalised with intestinal flu, and around 30 songs were scrapped before this album was completed. The stormy, sullen first single Dark Necessities is far from shambolic, however. With production from Danger Mouse, who takes over Rick Rubinââ‚...

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