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\n\tFollowing a surprise comeback show in 2024, Alabama Shakes are bringing their reunion into the new year, with confirmation of new music.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe band confirmed their intentions to return with new music in a post<\/a> shared to Instagram on Monday (Jan. 27). <\/p>\n \n\tThe series of photos shows the band \u2013 including vocalist and guitarist Brittany Howard, bassist Zac Cockrell, and lead guitarist Heath Fogg \u2013 in the studio with producer Shawn Everett, who mixed and engineered their last album, 2015\u2019s Sound & Color<\/em>. \u201cWorking on some exciting stuff!\u201d the group wrote in the accompanying caption.<\/p>\n \n\tThe band went on hiatus in 2018, with Howard soon embarking upon a solo career that resulted in the release of 2019\u2019s Jamie<\/em>, which peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. Her second solo album, What Now<\/em>, would arrive in February 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tAlabama Shakes first formed in Athens, Alabama in 2009, with two albums \u2013 Boys & Girls<\/em> and Sound & Color<\/em> \u2013 arriving in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Their second album would chart atop the Billboard 200 and win them three Grammys, including Best Alternative Music Album, and Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for \u201cDon\u2019t Wanna Fight\u201d.<\/p>\n \n\tThe group reunited for a benefit concert in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in December 2024, though drummer Steve Johnson was absent from this performance. Johnson had previously been arrested in March 2021 after being indicted on charges of abuse of a child, though they were later dismissed<\/a> in December of that year. Johnson was also absent from the recent photos shared by Alabama Shakes, so it\u2019s currently unknown whether he will be involved in their new era.<\/p>\n \n\tIn November 2024, Howard also announced<\/a> the debut of a new hardcore band called KUMITE. The group made their live debut in Nashville on Jan. 12, though no further details have arrived in regard to further shows or potential recorded material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n