Hopefully out before life reflects art.
New York City “songwriter’s songwriter” Jim Keller has announced that his new album, “End Of The World”, will be released on 24th October 2025 via Continental Song City Records. “The end may be near, but Jim Keller’s not too worried” is the opening message — and underlying sentiment of “End Of The World”. Co-written with Byron Isaacs (The Lumineers, Levon Helm) and produced by multi-instrumentalist Adam Minkoff (Graham Nash, Doyle Bramhall II), “End Of The World” is a collection of lean, sardonic, and human songs that reflect on what it means to stay hopeful when the world seems to be coming apart at the seams.
The record is the latest chapter in a prolific run that confirms the former Tommy Tutone co-founder is in the throes of a creative renaissance, and it features some of the strongest, leanest writing of his career. Keller co-wrote the 1981 chart-topping hit ‘867-5309/Jenny’ before stepping away from the spotlight to manage composer Philip Glass and run his own company, St. Rose Music, representing the likes of Tom Waits and Ravi Shankar. At 50, he returned to his first love — songwriting — and has since released a string of critically acclaimed albums (“End Of The World” is his seventh since 2010).
The first single, ‘Got No Time For That’, is described as a blistering, soul-fired anthem that channels frustration, absurdity, and dark humour into one of Keller’s most infectious tracks to date. The track is about “fighting a losing battle against technology and our political and cultural chaos,” says Keller. “Trying to find a path forward that dances between the landmines. Is that a light up ahead, or the edge of the cliff?”
The song features an ensemble of collaborators: Keller on vocals and guitars, Lee Falco on drums, Bob Glaub on bass, Adam Minkoff, organ, guitars, piano, and background vocals, and Scott Metzger on electric guitar.
