Wilco hopes to have its seventh studio album out by spring 2009, frontman Jeff Tweedy told Albany, N.Y., radio station WAMC recently.
After opting for a highly performance-oriented recording approach on 2007's "Sky Blue Sky," Tweedy says he expects Wilco will "allow ourselves a little bit more leeway in terms of sculpting the sound in the studio and doing overdubs and using the studio as another instrument. Last time around, it was more of a document."
At recent live shows, Wilco has played two new songs: "One Wing" recalls the melancholy, slowly building "Sky Blue Sky" closer "On and On and On," while "Sunny Feeling" has a sly main riff in keeping with loose jams from the last album such as "Walken."
Tweedy told WAMC he's going through a phase where he "kinda hate[s]" all of Wilco's six prior albums, because "none of them are a statement that I would be comfortable making right now at this point in my life. They all served their purpose, and in that respect I'm proud of all of them.
"But as something that feels artistically in keeping with who I am today, I think that they are inevitably going to fall short of that as time goes on. I mean, they just don't continue to mean the same things to me, and a new record is kind of where it's at."
Prior to the release of "Sky Blue Sky," Tweedy said that a number of unfinished songs from those sessions would potentially form the basis for the next album, but it is unknown if they remain in consideration at this point.
Wilco wraps a summer North American tour this weekend at San Francisco's inaugural Outside Lands Festival. After a one-off Aug. 30 Wilco festival gig in Ireland, Tweedy plays four solo shows in Spain through Sept. 6 in Murcia.
Last edited by zeb on Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:37 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I think in terms of songwriting bain might be right. Tweedy's a much happier guy now than he was when he wrote the other Wilco records, and Sky Blue Sky definitely reflects that. But sonically, as he was talking about using the studio as an instrument more this time around, I think we're going to get a more adventurous sounding record.
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After opting for a highly performance-oriented recording approach on 2007's "Sky Blue Sky," Tweedy says he expects Wilco will "allow ourselves a little bit more leeway in terms of sculpting the sound in the studio and doing overdubs and using the studio as another instrument. Last time around, it was more of a document."
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I got tickets for Nov.29 with Wilco opening for Neil Young. Talk about best show ever. Hopefully get to hear some of the new tracks and please god play impossible germany.
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Sky Blue Sky is a really good album, but I don't think it's a really good Wilco album. What I mean is, it's a pretty straight-forward rock album. It's really awesome music, but I already listen to enough bands (PJ, for instance) that play straight up rock. I want this new one to have a more Wilco feel to it.
Having said that, You Are My Face is one of their best.
Wilco and Fleet Foxes: "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan cover; live in Spokane, Wash.)
This was pretty awesome. Reminds me of how much I really want Tweedy to go for it vocally on the next album. He's always twice the vocalist live than he is on record. Best example is the early version of "What Light" as compared to what turned up on the record: early versions saw Tweedy really singing his heart out, and it pretty much covered up for the awful lyrics in the first verse. then he practically murmured the verse on the record version. Really disappointing.
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