San Francisco-Based Retro Rock Group Fuzz Collective Announces New Album You Know The Reason
- Jeff Yasuda
- May 14
- 3 min read
 Out May 15 via Color Red & Shares New Single “We Won’t Be Together”
The Band’s 12-Song Sophomore Album is Produced by Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds & Recorded at the Historic 2200 Studios (formerly The Record Plant) in Sausalito, CA
Listen to "We Won't Be Together" | Watch Official Video Download Single Art | Download Album Art Photo by Eva Blue | Download here San Francisco-based retro rock group Fuzz Collective has announced their forthcoming album You Know The Reason coming out on May 15 via Color Red. The band recorded the twelve-song set in a day and a half at 2200 Studios in Sausalito with guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts, founder of the long-running soul-jazz group The New Mastersounds, at the helm. Today, the band has shared a brand new single called “We Won’t Be Together.”
Listen to "We Won't Be Together"
“We Won’t Be Together” is a tribute to the acid jazz style of the Brand New Heavies with several complex jazz chords that entice listeners. The song is about a friend who is working through a difficult relationship and the challenges of trying to put up a facade that everything is going just fine, but hiding the reality of a problematic relationship.
Fuzz Collective tracked in Studio B at 2200 Studios (formerly The Record Plant) where Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Grateful Dead recorded during the studio’s heyday. Fuzz Collective features guitarist and vocalist Jeff Yasuda, bassist and vocalist Ethan Beard, harmonica player and vocalist Pete Chung, drummer and vocalist Tim Fisher, and keyboardist and vocalist Jason Tavano.
The group formed in the early 2000s, simply as Fuzz. Some members have known each other since the 1990s — through different cities, careers, marriages, kids, and decades of shared reference points. “The band isn’t something that brought us together,” Yasuda says. “It grew out of already knowing and trusting each other.” That familiarity shapes the sound. The rhythm section locks without overplaying. Parts leave space. “There’s less posturing. Less urgency to prove anything.”
All five members hold leadership roles across tech and finance. Yasuda is the founder and CEO of Feed Media Group, a company that helps fitness, retail, and connected-device platforms license music properly — connecting businesses that want music with the labels and rights holders who create it. “We make it easy for people to license music and make sure artists and songwriters get paid,” he says.
As a working musician, he understands the value of that structure from both sides. Rehearsals happen at night, after work and family obligations. “We don’t have time,” Yasuda says. “We make time.”
Roberts kept the sessions focused on full performances. Known for building records around live groove and minimal overdubs, he pushed the band toward simplicity. Drummer Tim Fisher set up inside the studio’s circular “drumbrella” mic rig, and the band ran the instrumentals start to finish, without stitched rhythm sections or comped takes. “We hit record. We played it,” Yasuda says. Roberts set a boundary of three takes. The band committed to complete passes and let the pocket do the work.
Additionally, Roberts encouraged the band to remove more than they added. “What Eddie brought wasn’t flash — it was restraint,” Yasuda says. The band left small tempo shifts and imperfections intact. “It makes you less concerned with perfection and more concerned with capturing something real.”
Recently, Yasuda played one of the tracks for jazz guitarist Rodney Jones. Jones listened and asked, “Do you like peaches?” Yasuda said yes. Jones smiled. “I don’t like peaches.” Then he added, “Some people are going to really like your music. Some people aren’t. It’s like peaches.” Yasuda took the point. “You have to have the guts to push it out there.”
“We’re not trying to ‘become’ something,” he adds. “We’re just trying to make the best music we can with the time we have — together.” TRACK LIST 1.) I Can Tell 2.) Does It Feel Alright 3.) You Know The Reason (feat. Eddie Roberts) 4.) Selma 5.) Farewell To The Elephant 6.) We Won’t Be Together 7.) Messed It Up 8.) Run 9.) We The People 10.) Global Divide 11.) This Life 12.) Sons & Daughtersr |
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