The Burroughs - Honey Imastar Upcoming Album 2023

Our upcoming album is our most ambitious venture yet: an expansive concept album titled Honey Imastar. The intergalactic adventure follows an alien traveler who comes to Earth to study and understand humans. Set against the backdrop of psychedelic funk and retrofuturism, the main character discovers the true nature of the human experience: an illogical cluster of closeness and isolation, joy and despair, and chaos and repetition. Her journey reveals that while life on Earth may never be simple and solvable, we can cultivate hope through connection and shared experiences. 

“Honey Imastar is a grandiose experiment for us as a band, but in reality it couldn’t be a more personal story,” said lead singer Johnny Burroughs. “Many of the songs had been written during the first few months of my newborn daughter's life. The story, songs, and vision for the album were growing in parallel with my daughter experiencing the first year of her life. But equally as influential as my daughter’s growing up, was my own experience growing older and losing that childish spark that made life feel wondrous.” Inside of this world that was created, other members of the band brought what they were feeling and processing to the writing. “We all found freedom in expressing our own triumphs and doubts through the character of Honey Imastar,” continued Burroughs. “And something that’s at the core of this story and our spirit as a band is our determination to continue to wake up, be present, bring our whole selves and keep moving forward together.”

Full length studio album: 20 Tracks 
42 minute runtime 

Inspired by the sounds of Parliament Funkedelic, Anderson .Paak, Stevie Wonder, Prince, and The Alabama Shakes

Written by Johnny Burroughs, Brian Claxton, Briana Harris, Hayden Farr, Mary Claxton, Alec Bell, Spencer Zweifel and Jeremy Fallis
Produced by Johnny Burroughs, Brian Claxton and Briana Harris
Recorded by Colin Bricker at Mighty Fine Productions in Denver, CO