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Richard James Simpson's third solo album, "Sugar The Pill," features such notable OG punk/rock icons as Jill Emery (Mazzy Star, Hole); Don Bolles (The Germs, 45 Grave); Dustin Boyer (John Cale); Paul Roessler (member of The Screamers, Twisted Roots, and Nina Hagen and producer to such acts as T.S.O.L. and Mark Lanegan); and Geza X (who produced records for numerous early California punk bands including The Dead Kennedys, The Germs, Redd Kross, Black Flag, and The Weirdos. Geza also fronted Geza X and the Mommymen, and was a member of The Deadbeats); as well as as well as these new top, new artists on the scene today: Grebo Gray, Wilton and Kaitlin Wolfberg. "Sugar The Pill" offers mesmerizing, ethereal, voluptuous and lush powerful songs that evoke a unique sonic experience. This hypnotic album harkens back to such albums as David Bowie's "Heroes," incorporating experimental vignettes and songs with efficacious, hard-hitting tracks reminiscent of such acts as Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Laura Nyro, Roxy Music, Siouxsie and The Banshees, and Radiohead. The theme of the album is NOW. It is about a loss of love, the loss of freedom and humanity, charged with the intention of bringing a voice to an era that is ready to awaken and squelch any encroachment on the fight for human dignity and rights. It is time to annihilate the jackals and catch the cowardly. If you don't think something is wrong, it is time to find your mind. While leaning toward the experimental side, these mood pieces are fashioned in the Euro-American style for which Simpson is known: "The Wizard of Oz meets Eno" as the iconic Geza X once described Simpson. Richard James Simpson is the brother of the late Rock Halsey from the infamous L.A. punk band The Spys (which included Ygarr Ygarrist of Zolar X); and son of actress Renate Huy. Former member of alternative band Teardrain, Simpson released his debut solo album 'Sweet Birds of Youth' in 2017 and his second "Deep Dream," both getting excellent feedback on international music press. © 2021 Richard James Simpson