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LISTEN: Stone Temple Pilots’ New Single!

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The first new music in nine years from Stone Temple Pilots has arrived.

The Los Angeles alt-rockers just posted “Between the Lines,” the lead single off their May 25 self-titled reunion release, to their website. Listen below!

The track is quintessential STP: melodic, catchy, and heavy. It kicks off with some heavy drum fills and snappy talk-singing from singer Scott Weiland — sounding like he’s been listening to a lot of Bob Dylan — then drops into a gritty chorus with a clapping drum beat: “You always were my favorite drug / Even when we used to take drugs,” sings Weiland. Dean DeLeo then steps in for a neo-psychedelic guitar solo.

The band debuted the track live at SXSW, kicking off a short U.S. tour behind the new album. Their Austin, TX, set showed a group at the top of their game, strutting through a 16-song set including “Huckleberry Crumble,” “Bagman,” and “Hickory Dichotomy” — and inviting Doors guitarist Robby Krieger onstage for a cover of “Roadhouse Blues.” Read SPIN’s review here.

We recently spoke with brothers and main songwriters Robert and Dean DeLeo, who dished on the new album: “We know what STP sounds like — we have a sonic blueprint…. [it’s] a really cohesive record with songs that are going to be lasting.” Click here to read more.

Tell us what you think of the new song in the comment section below!

LISTEN: Stone Temple Pilots, “Between the Lines”

STP tour dates:
3/24, Sioux City, IA (Tyson Events Centre)
3/26, Milwaukee, WI (Eagles Ballroom)
3/27, Chicago, IL (Riviera Theatre)
3/30, Louisville, KY (Palace Theater)
3/31, Detroit, MI (Fillmore)
5/23, Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Bank Center)