To Be One with You

To Be One with You is the first studio album from Josh Klinghoffer, who recorded it under the Pluralone moniker. The record includes contributions from his Red Hot Chili Peppers colleague Flea, Dot Hacker members Eric Gardner and Clint Walsh, Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery, and Jack Irons, who previously drummed for both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam. Before this album, Klinghoffer had put out the single “Io Sono Quel Che Sono/Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta” as Pluralone.

The first single from the album was “Shade.” A second digital single, “Fall from Grace,” came out on November 12, 2019. Both tracks were posted on the ORG Music label’s SoundCloud profile. Three weeks after the album’s release, it was announced that Klinghoffer was leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers because John Frusciante had returned to the band.

Klinghoffer said John Cale influenced “Shade,” noting he was listening to Cale when the song came together and that it had a caustic quality. He mentioned hearing drum fills that went against the beat and a guitar solo resembling gunshots, though he chose not to use that approach. He brought in Clint Walsh to soften some of the bitterness. On “Fall from Grace,” Klinghoffer described it as an improvised song he spent a long time trying to make coherent, adding that he wasn’t sure he succeeded but felt he captured the original spirit.

“Was Never There,” which features Flea on bass and Jack Irons on drums, and “Obscene” were originally written for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2012 and 2015, respectively. In December, the Official Pluralone Fan Club was announced, with the first 250 members receiving a 7-inch vinyl containing the unreleased songs “Obscene” and “Fairy Tale.” Two more B-sides from the album sessions, “Nowhere I Am” and “Directrix,” came out digitally on July 3; “Nowhere I Am” also includes Flea and Irons. A limited 7-inch blue vinyl of these tracks was released on July 17. For the album’s second anniversary in November 2021, fans organized a listening party that featured demos of “You Don’t Know What You’re Doing” and “Fairy Tale,” along with the unreleased songs “It’s a Good Thing” and “Ceylon.”

In a Spin interview, Klinghoffer said 17 songs were worked on during the album sessions, with 16 eventually released and one remaining unreleased. These tracks came out digitally and on 7-inch vinyls.