Darkness Solo Album Confirmed
Inviato: ven apr 29, 2005 8:37 amWhile The Darkness’ sophomore effort still has a confirmed release date, frontman Justin Hawkins has announced there’s already another album in the offing, and that rumours it will be a solo record are true.
Darkness frontman Hawkins is set to release a solo album rumoured to hit shop shelves before the end of 2005. Expected to be released two months after the new Darkness LP, the record, ’British Wail’, is reported to be “less rock†than the band’s previous output.
“It’s a lot less rock than the band stuff,†Hawkins told The Sun. “There’s a lot more synths. I suppose you could call it luxurious rock.
"I’d written most of it in demo form before The Darkness took off but I’ve only finished it properly recently. Anything I write with [brother and guitarist] Dan goes to the band but I’ve held on to my solo stuff.
“I guess Dan will have to be the guitarist. He likes the stuff. But it will be completely different from what people would expect."
As for The Darkness’ second album, the band are close to completing the record with legendary Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker. Hawkins said: “At the moment the rest of the band are on the instrumentals. Then I go back into the studio to finish the lead vocals. We’ve spent three months arguing about the name without getting anywhere. We’re still rowing about it.â€
Posting on the band’s website, the band's official webiste webmaster has spilled the beans on life in the studio with The Darkness, including news of playing the very piano used by Freddie Mercury for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
“Their original long-list of thirty-nine songs has been carefully whittled down to fifteen, most of which are turning out so well they will almost certainly appear on the as-yet-untitled album,†the message reads. “One thing Justin certainly wasn't wide of the mark about was the drum sound, which he said was ‘perhaps the largest ever heard in rock’.
“He wasn't wrong. No time or expense has been spared ensuring that it is vast enough to fill an aircraft hangar. Nothing can quite prepare you for hearing it over the (I'm sure there's a technical term) big speakers in the studio.
"And the rumours are true, Justin is using the piano that Freddie Mercury played on 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Producer Roy Thomas Baker's Bösendorfer apparently still sports stains where Freddie spilt a glass of red wine into it."
fonte:xfm.com
Darkness frontman Hawkins is set to release a solo album rumoured to hit shop shelves before the end of 2005. Expected to be released two months after the new Darkness LP, the record, ’British Wail’, is reported to be “less rock†than the band’s previous output.
“It’s a lot less rock than the band stuff,†Hawkins told The Sun. “There’s a lot more synths. I suppose you could call it luxurious rock.
"I’d written most of it in demo form before The Darkness took off but I’ve only finished it properly recently. Anything I write with [brother and guitarist] Dan goes to the band but I’ve held on to my solo stuff.
“I guess Dan will have to be the guitarist. He likes the stuff. But it will be completely different from what people would expect."
As for The Darkness’ second album, the band are close to completing the record with legendary Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker. Hawkins said: “At the moment the rest of the band are on the instrumentals. Then I go back into the studio to finish the lead vocals. We’ve spent three months arguing about the name without getting anywhere. We’re still rowing about it.â€
Posting on the band’s website, the band's official webiste webmaster has spilled the beans on life in the studio with The Darkness, including news of playing the very piano used by Freddie Mercury for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
“Their original long-list of thirty-nine songs has been carefully whittled down to fifteen, most of which are turning out so well they will almost certainly appear on the as-yet-untitled album,†the message reads. “One thing Justin certainly wasn't wide of the mark about was the drum sound, which he said was ‘perhaps the largest ever heard in rock’.
“He wasn't wrong. No time or expense has been spared ensuring that it is vast enough to fill an aircraft hangar. Nothing can quite prepare you for hearing it over the (I'm sure there's a technical term) big speakers in the studio.
"And the rumours are true, Justin is using the piano that Freddie Mercury played on 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Producer Roy Thomas Baker's Bösendorfer apparently still sports stains where Freddie spilt a glass of red wine into it."
fonte:xfm.com
