4th Album Update Friday 5th September 2007
All back in the same room after a month off. I’ve missed the buzz. We’re still a few months from finishing, but already the arguments about tracklisting have begun. The plan has always been to make a short record. No more than 42 minutes, 9 songs [give or take] selected from the following:
Lost!
Cemetries of London
Violet Hill
Poppy Fields
42
Yes!
Leftrightleftrightleft
Rainy Day
To use a tired analogy, it’s like picking a football team. It’s not simply about individual talents, but overall cohesion and combined effectiveness.
The bigger picture. An album that you can listen to from start to finish. The danger of this is that great songs may get left off the album because they don’t “fit”.
I have to confess that, as a confirmed non-musician, this approach slightly worries me. My feeling is that the album should be made up of the nine best recordings.
If that means eight thrash metal tracks and one ballad then so be it. However that’s not the way the band see it and I have to respect their integrity.
Expect a short, concise record, with no fat and at least two top-division songs released independently.
Prospekt