Two Stirratt articles

[dmait]

http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24945 (Colorado Springs Independent)

 

>With the elegiac "Impossible Germany" and the R&B-influenced "Side with the Seeds" able to stand proudly alongside Wilco favorites like "Jesus Etc.," the album has a generally more relaxed and organic feel that Stirrat says reflects its making.

"We just wanted to sort of sit in a circle and jam and see what would happen, not really get into too much of an overdub or postproduction mindset," he recalls. "It was a really cool, musical, civilized way to make a record, sitting around arguing about passing chords or just, you know, major seventh chords sounding too wimpy or whatever. It was really great."

 

 

 

http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/AandE...pf-5438156.html (Winnipeg Sun)

 

>While Tweedy continues to be the band's primary songwriter, Stirratt says that egalitarian approach extends into the rehearsal hall and the recording studio -- two places the band will be spending a lot of time soon as they gear up for their seventh studio album, the followup to last year's Sky Blue Sky.

"We're in the beginning stages right now," he says. "We're writing for it. We haven't really gotten together and recorded anything yet, but songs and ideas are switching hands."

Based on what he's heard so far, he suspects the album could be "louder or more rocking" than the mellower and more melodic Sky.

[lost highway]

Awesome. Thanks for posting these. I guess the new album recording is really underway. Rumors are double-confirmed.

[DAngerer09]

he suspects the album could be "louder or more rocking" than the mellower and more melodic Sky.

 

thank goodness.

[mountain bed]

Thanks for posting these. I like how John is quick to separate the music industry from the music itself. The BUSINESS may be taking it on the chin but there will always be demand for live music. You just gotta go out and play.

[LouisvilleGreg]

Here's hoping for a Raconteurs style release, say in about ten days from now, while in the middle of a tour. But seriously, I think we'll know things are legitimately close when we start hearing some new songs live.