Red Hot Chili Peppers
I’m with You

I’m with You glides in, relaxed and well-fed, like a band that’s seen it all and figured out how to make peace with the chaos. This is the Chili Peppers settling into their middle-age weirdness, shedding some of the youthful mania for a kind of grounded weird that still twitches with life. Josh Klinghoffer steps in on guitar, not to fill shoes, but to stretch new ones out, his playing textural and slightly awkward in a way that works for a band allergic to polish.

Red Hot Chili Peppers – I'm with You (2011)
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The band knows exactly who they are—even if they’re still rummaging through the attic of funk-rock to figure out what still fits. Flea’s basslines remain the bloodline, Anthony Kiedis still sings like a man deciphering dreams through a megaphone, and Chad Smith hits the drums like they owe him money. And while Klinghoffer doesn’t aim for fireworks, his ghosty chords and ambient touches crack open new pockets of sound the band hadn’t dug into before.

It’s an album of moments rather than monuments. There’s no “Under the Bridge” or “Californication” here, and that’s the point. I’m with You rides the currents instead of trying to part the sea. The band sounds like they’re no longer trying to define themselves, just capture whatever pulse they’re collectively feeling that day—be it joy, reflection, or just a weird little jam that wouldn’t leave their heads.

Choice Tracks

Monarchy of Roses

A jittery opener with punk jitters and disco feet. Klinghoffer’s jagged guitar slices through Flea’s slippery funk like someone scratching at old wallpaper to see what’s underneath.

Brendan’s Death Song

One of the album’s emotional cores. Begins as a gentle, acoustic farewell and slowly rises like smoke. It’s Kiedis at his most tender and direct—a eulogy wrapped in a waltz that turns into a parade.

Ethiopia

A weirdly infectious groove where Flea goes wild and Kiedis talks about fear and rebirth like a beat poet in cargo shorts. The hook digs in more with each spin.

Look Around

Classic Chili Peppers bounce—tight, funky, with a hint of nonsense and sunshine. Kiedis throws word salad, but it tastes good. Klinghoffer adds a haunted shimmer underneath the party.

Police Station

A ballad that doesn’t beg for attention but ends up earning it anyway. Quietly haunting, it’s Kiedis recounting a distant memory through fog and soft guitar strums.



I’m with You captures Red Hot Chili Peppers at ease with themselves—looser, older, and still funky. Klinghoffer’s textures bring a new shade to their sound, while the band grooves through grief, joy, and oddities like pros in no rush to prove anything.