Hypnotic Eye is the upcoming thirteenth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, scheduled for release on July 29, 2014.

Even in his salty youth, even in the Full Moon Fever-fueled career renaissance he enjoyed in his late 30s, and even in his turn among rock’s most respected elder statesmen in Traveling Wilburys, Petty has let a sort of enigmatic unknowability inform his music. On his warmest records, like 1994′s soon-to-be-reissued Wildflowers, there’s still a measure of distance to the way he presents himself. He never seems to let listeners all the way inside his head, opting instead to loom large like the creepy Mad Hatter character he played in the “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video nearly 30 years ago.

That air of mystery has helped keep Tom Petty relevant through a recording career that spans nearly 40 years — not to mention 80 million records sold — and it helps give Hypnotic Eye more of an edge than most performers could muster at this point in their careers. Not many guys in their 60s can sell disappointment at being in a generation worse off than their parents’, but Petty pulls off that perspective with little suspension of disbelief — especially when his terrific backing band sells his songs as hard as it does in bruisingly sinewy songs like “Power Drunk.” When Petty sings, “I feel like a forgotten man,” his cynicism works hand-in-glove with his hard-earned cragginess. They suit him, and fit him, better than ever.

Tracklist:
01. "American Dream Plan B" 3:00
02. "Fault Lines" 4:28
03. "Red River" 3:59
04. "Full Grown Boy" 3:26
05. "All You Can Carry" 4:34
06. "Power Drunk" 4:39
07. "Forgotten Man" 2:48
08. "Sins Of My Youth" 3:49
09. "U Get Me High" 4:11
10. "Burnt Out Town" 3:05
11. "Shadow People" 6:37

Personnel:
Tom Petty – vocals, rhythm guitar, production
Mike Campbell – lead guitar, production
Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica
Benmont Tench – acoustic and electric piano, organ
Ron Blair – bass guitar
Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion
Ryan Ulyate – production

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