Hello everyone
We thought you would like to know that we have been making music. We have been in the studio with Mr Steve Albini recording live – to tape – analogue – no digital hiss – no Pro Tools – no safety nets. Quite scary, daunting but invigorating.
All the songs we are recording are lyrics left to us by Richey. Finally it feels like the right time to use them (especially after the last 18 months being so amazing with Send Away The Tigers). Musically, in many ways it feels like a follow up to the Holy Bible but there is also an acoustic side – tender, romantic, nihilism, “Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky” esque. It’s a record that celebrates the genius of his words, full of love, anger, intelligence and respect. We have to make this great. Wish us luck.
We hope to release the record next April or May. The working titles are “Journal for Plague Lovers” or “I Know I Believe In Nothing But It Is My Nothing”.
Love
Nicky, James and Sean.
There is a distinct temptation to be unkindly pessimistic about this endeavour. I caught myself thinking, 'Oh God guys, what have you let yourselves in for'? Can they do Richey's words justice? Are Richey's words even that good (much was made of the 'rambling' nature of some of his work post-The Holy Bible and pre-his disappearance)? And what about the notion of that second album title suggestion? (Awesome lyric, bad name for an LP). But you know what, I'm not going to be the spoilsport here. I'm going to take this for what it is, or rather, what it could be: something potentially fantastic from a band (probably) in its final days. They seem committed to doing a damn fine job and I honestly don't believe that (a) they'd give it a go if they didn't think they were up to it and (b) if Richey's words weren't up to scratch, that we'd even be here, having this discussion. So I'm looking forward to seeing what my favourite band of all time ever can come out with. Here's to 2009.
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