WINTER 2026
FILM SCORING GIG!
The ink is dry. I’ve signed on to compose the score for Supermassive. Writer and director Steve Utaski describes the film like this:
“Supermassive is a road trip comedy about a cerebral and socially awkward Ph.D student who leaves his studies in a misguided attempt to try out the real world.”
After making, releasing, and promoting my latest album, Fade Away Blue, it’s a nice change of pace to be back in the studio donning my composer hat.
And speaking of Fade Away Blue…
FADE AWAY BLUE MAKES YEAR-END LISTS!
SPIN MAGAZINE
Fade Away Blue made SPIN’S Favorite Albums of the Year list.
“From seemingly out of nowhere, ’90s alt-rocker Pete Droge released his first solo album in 19 years. And it was worth the wait. Fade Away Blue is an insanely personal and intimate record that delves into the artist’s bouts with depression, addiction, anxiety, and abandonment issues, not to mention the search he undertook at the age of 40 to find his birth mother. While these 10 folk-tinged tracks (six of them co-written by his wife, Elaine Summers, who also served as executive producer) had the potential to stray into, quoting High Fidelity, “sad bastard music.” Droge infuses the album with an overwhelming sense of hope and gratitude that seems to be on rare display in 2025. ”
MAGNET MAGAZINE
Magnet named Fade Away Blue one of the best Singer-Songwriter albums of 2025.
“Fade Away Blue is a model of narrative precision and melodic efficiency, proving yet again why the Oregon native is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of his generation.”
Fade Away Blue is available in my Bandcamp store on vinyl or CD. And while you’re there, be sure to check out the 2xLP deluxe reissue of my 1994 debut, Necktie Second.
LIVE DATES!
A FESTIVAL ALERT
I had vowed not to play live in 2026 so I could focus on studio work, but then I received an offer I could not refuse.
Tickets are on sale now for the Peace Love & Union Saltwater Songwriters Festival.
Elaine Summers and I are excited to make the trip just up the road to the shores of Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula to join a fine collection of songwriters, including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier & Jaimee Harris, Dan Navarro, David Wilcox, and Charlie Mars.
The official festival takes place in Union, Washington, from Thursday, 7/23 to Saturday, 7/25. (My set will take place on either Friday or Saturday.)
The festivities begin Tuesday, 7/21, with an epic music pub crawl. Wednesday’s “Spirit of 76” concert at The Pointe, overlooking the Hood Canal with spectacular views of the Olympics, features various artists performing the hits of 1976! The official festival begins Thursday afternoon and runs through Saturday night, and the festival concludes with Sunday’s brunch concert at The Pointe.
A FESTIVAL RECAP
Elaine and I had a blast at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Walton County, Florida. I recounted the trip in great detail over Substack. (See below.)
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SUBSTACK!
Love Songs Etc is my newsletter on Substack. It’s chock-full of demos, work tapes, live videos, and stories from the old days.
I’ve hit pause on the newsletter while I focus on the aforementioned film score. I’ll resume posting sometime in the Spring. In the meantime, there are 163 posts and dozens of rarities in the Archive.
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