The Posies' frontman Ken Stringfellow has revealed that REM are recording an "old school"-style album. The singer/guitarist - who in the past has toured and worked with the Georgia band - recently met up with bassist Mike Mills in his current home city of Paris, where he heard the rough recordings ...
The Posies‘ frontman Ken Stringfellow has revealed that REM are recording an “old school”-style album.
The singer/guitarist – who in the past has toured and worked with the Georgia band – recently met up with bassist Mike Mills in his current home city of Paris, where he heard the rough recordings of the proposed follow-up to 2008’s ‘Accelerate’.
“It’s sounding really great, very old school,” Stringfellow told Uncut‘s sister-title [url=http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/52296]NME[/url]. “The first track had vocals which were mixed super low which I couldn’t understand and I was like, ‘Yes, a return to form.’ Mike was on about pushing the vocals up and I was like, ‘No, don’t do it.'”
He added: “What’s cool about classic REM is that you have an electric and acoustic guitar coming along like The Byrds,” Stringfellow said. “There’s a lot of that in there, there’s some piano songs too, but I didn’t hear a lot of crazy, freaky keyboards and vintage drum machines in there like the period when I was with them.”
The album is expected to be released next year.
Latest music and film news on Uncut.co.uk.
Uncut have teamed up with Sonic Editions to curate a number of limited-edition framed iconic rock photographs, featuring the likes of Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and The Clash. View the full collection here.