Toad The Wet Sprocket

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET Toad the Wet Sprocket make music that comforts, connects and soothes in places you didn’t realize were aching. “When you hear songs about sadness, grief, loss or difficulty, you know that you’re not alone,” lead singer Glen Phillips says. “The idea of offering hope is important to me. But it’s not a sunny platitude or a guarantee that everything will be okay in the end. A happy song works better when there’s shadow in it. Our older songs, as much as they’re about sadness, they’re always reaching toward the light.” 1991 album release Fear, spawned hits “All I Want” and “Walk on the Ocean,” both of which made it to the top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Then came the quintessential ‘90s shows and movies that featured Toad songs including Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Little Heaven”, Dawson’s Creek “All I Want” and “Amnesia”, Fear “Something’s Always Wrong”, I Know What You Did Last Summer “Hey Bulldog”, Empire Records “Crazy Life” and the platinum-selling Friends soundtrack “Good Intentions”. With the release of their timeless Rings: The Acoustic Sessions, and 2026 being the 40th Anniversary as a band, Toad will be on the road throughout 2026 and the album, that was shared with fans gradually over the last year and had a limited edition vinyl package that sold out in 10 minutes. With Rings: The Acoustic Sessions, Toad delivers more than an ‘unplugged’ greatest hits collection; more than a remastered retrospective glazed over with nostalgia. Rather, they’ve captured the concentrated power of their best hits and deep cuts as they exist in this moment, performed by the band as they are today. Steve Poltz Some people start life with a plan. Not Steve. He opens himself up to the universe in a way most of us will never be loose enough to achieve, and the universe responds with a wink, a seemingly bottomless well of inspiration, and the talent to truly connect with an audience. While 2021 could have found him adrift, faced with a tour moratorium the likes of which he hadn’t experienced in decades, it opened a door — literally, his friend Oliver Wood of The Wood Brother’s door — to creating an exuberant, thoughtful batch of songs that celebrate life in all of its stages. The resulting album is called Stardust & Satellites . “I just make stuff up,” he exclaims, quipping, “it sounded good to say that.” Steve is the sort of prolific writer and collaborator who downplays what seems like a non-stop geyser of creativity. “I have no rhyme or reason for what I do. It’s all magic. I go by instinct. It just felt right, so I went with it." On sale now. with Steve Poltz On sale now. Imported from the official Humphreys Concerts by the Bay schedule page.

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