NEW MUSIC
Posted by: brett anderson
Date: January 04, 2010 02:20PM
on wednesday me and Leo Abrahams are starting work on a new album.
we have a session booked at a london studio with drummer Seb Rochford and guitarist LeoRoss and intend to create a record on the art-rock /alt-rock axis.
the music will be purely improvised and wilrely on spontaneity between musicians.this is completely new territory for me as with everyprevious recordihave always written songs assketches before committing to recording.eohas worked like this before and is confident that we can create something very interestingand spontaneous this way and having seen what he did with the last album i completely trust him.
i guess the point is that i don't want to makeanother record like Wilderness or Slow Attackmuch asiove those abumsi want the next one to have more ive band dynamics and moréenergy and this is the most exciting way for meto achieve that.
of course you will be the first to know how it all turns out.
wish me luck
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Posted by: brett anderson
Date: April 21,2010 05:47PM
with all the fuss going on down the road ithought i'd let you know what's going on about the next soo record.
on monday, Leo and myself started writingproperly together. we have about 15 backingtracks to work on ,edited and compiled fromthe jam sessions in january .
things are already feeling good... the music islive and urgent and very inspiring to write to. sofar we have 3 complete songs... one mid-paced, stately album opener called 'Unsung', afierce rocker and a brand new untitled beast which i am writing parts for today and sounds a bit like "diot' period lggy.. dark, industrial and damaged.
no one who is interested in my solo stuff needworry that i am being sidetracked by the S word... my goal over the next few months is tocrack on with album number 4 and hopefullyhave it ready by the end of the year. when it wil!be released i can't say but i do know it's goingto be special.
Brett
THE NATION OF TWO DRINK THE BLACK MILKEOF DAVBREAK
Posted by: brett anderson
Date: July 22,2010 01:07PM
some nebulous news for you regarding the next opus. we've reached the next phase and the songs are pouring out like honey . we spent the last couple of weeks recording vocals and doing monitor mixes and have two good handfuls of tracks pretty much finished bar fine tuning and mixing. it's going to be a really dynamic record... everything was pretty much played live and you can really feel the energy. favourite tracks?... there's this huge, anthemic beast called 'Unsung', a pounding kind of Krautrock thing called 'Brittle Heart', a damaged and desperate tale of entanglement and obsession called'This Must Be Where it Ends' and a bitter -sweet pop song called ' Crash About to Happen' which reminds me of1980's indie. we were listening to lots of PIL and Siouxsie when we were recording it so it's not surprising that the album has some of those flavours, although as i'd hope you'd expect it still sounds very much like me. for better of for worse i'm kind of trapped within myself and my own style and i suppose my quest is to slowly whittle my work down into the best version of that that i can.
working with Leo has again been a pleasure and a fantastic learning experience for me. he'll never take the easy option when making music and he's always looking for a twist . it's a commendable attitude to have in the powder- puff music industry and one which means that his work is always challenging and interesting. together i think we're making something special and i can't wait for people to hear it.