Gigaton: Official album thread

[Kaius]

Jeff: "Hi honey, I'm home. Did Ed call today?"
New Wife: "No, sorry. Why don't you just call him up already?"
Jeff: "No JA."

Fixered

[evenslow]

Good news: they are at least consciously talking about different ways and approaches to making the next record.
Bad news: that next record will not be out til summer 2017 at the earliest.

[WaitingForBluey]

Bad news: that next record will not be out til summer 2017 at the earliest.

That would still be a shorter time period than the gap between Backspacer and Lightning Bolt. So that's probably a best-case scenario.

[WaitingForBluey]

I think because everybody's got families and stuff, it just gets trickier and trickier trying to nail people down.

Uh yea... and so does every other damn person in this world that wakes up and goes to work every morning. Get your ass to work like the rest of us you slackers.

[VinylGuy]

I love his comments on the whole rock and roll thing with the drummers. I want Dave and Jack up there too.

Im actually looking forward to this tour, the band is in vert good form these days. And then, studio next year.

[Got Some]

Good news: they are at least consciously talking about different ways and approaches to making the next record.
Bad news: that next record will not be out til summer 2017 at the earliest.

Yep that sums it up

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Good news: they are at least consciously talking about different ways and approaches to making the next record.
Bad news: that next record will not be out til summer 2017 at the earliest.

Yep that sums it up

Let's not forget the 2 year break they'll take because things "just don't feel right".

[Brett]

I just read that Jeff interview, and he mentions that Matt's been in the band for almost 20 years. That's a weird thing to realize. They had four different drummers in an eight year span, and then just the one for the last seventeen. It seems really skewed when you think about the fact that Matt's only recorded with them for four of their ten albums.

5

Counting Lost Dogs?

[tommymtcom]

Did moth come out before lost dogs? Maybe that's the real money grab cut off.

[Tuolumne]

I don't equate album/tour frequency with passion.

Most bands above the age of 40 who are touring non stop and on the album/tour cycle are doing it for one or two reasons: 1) they need to to survive career wise, or ) they are just greedy as hell.

If anyone else is touring or releasing frequent albums like that at an older age, then they are a solo act and they don't have to negotiate several different schedules and bandmember priorities.

I'd love to hear if there's any band (not solo act) that discounts this thought.

[stip]

I just read that Jeff interview, and he mentions that Matt's been in the band for almost 20 years. That's a weird thing to realize. They had four different drummers in an eight year span, and then just the one for the last seventeen. It seems really skewed when you think about the fact that Matt's only recorded with them for four of their ten albums.

5

Counting Lost Dogs?

Binaural, Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer, L-bolt

[digster]

Spoon, Wilco, Sonic Youth, TV On The Radio, etc, off the top of my head. But that's missing the point; I don't really think anyone is doing this

equate album/tour frequency with passion.

in this thread. Who's arguing that they're not touring enough? Granted, the way in which they tour, with minimal rehearsals and not much time to warm up, can make it harder for the band to get in a groove, but they're out on the road every year. Nor do I think the length between albums is a big issue. But I just don't see how someone could read that Jeff quote and think it's entirely crazy to speculate that they don't seem to have much drive or interest in creating new material with this band, and some of us here think it's showing with some the weaker songwriting on their recent work. I think that's what's more at stake than whether or not they get a record out now. The length between albums is a symptom of that; it's not the problem in and of itself.

[Brett]

I just read that Jeff interview, and he mentions that Matt's been in the band for almost 20 years. That's a weird thing to realize. They had four different drummers in an eight year span, and then just the one for the last seventeen. It seems really skewed when you think about the fact that Matt's only recorded with them for four of their ten albums.

5

Counting Lost Dogs?

Binaural, Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer, L-bolt

What the shit? How did I count four, then? Working evenings and waking up earlier than I should is apparently messing with my ability to manage numbers. Forget I said anything.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[McParadigm]

I only wish Pearl Jam were as fiscally secure as TV on the Radio.

[Tuolumne]

Spoon, Wilco, Sonic Youth, TV On The Radio, etc, off the top of my head. But that's missing the point; I don't really think anyone is doing this

equate album/tour frequency with passion.

in this thread. Who's arguing that they're not touring enough? Granted, the way in which they tour, with minimal rehearsals and not much time to warm up, can make it harder for the band to get in a groove, but they're out on the road every year. Nor do I think the length between albums is a big issue. But I just don't see how someone could read that Jeff quote and think it's entirely crazy to speculate that they don't seem to have much drive or interest in creating new material with this band, and some of us here think it's showing with some the weaker songwriting on their recent work. I think that's what's more at stake than whether or not they get a record out now. The length between albums is a symptom of that; it's not the problem in and of itself.

Sure, there are times when they may not be feeling it, but I don't believe that those times are when they are on the road or in the studio. Whether you like the recent albums or not, or like the recent tours or not, I strongly agree on the passion aspect. The poured alot of energy and passion into the last 3 albums. If you didn't like it, that's just a disalignment in taste and desired direction. When they're not feeling it, they stay away. That's fine by me.

Also, if anyone thinks Spoon, TVOTR, and even Wilco and Sonic Youth were rolling around in swimming pools and Ferraris when they were 40 that is absolutely laughable. The non-songwriters in those bands are probably comfortable at this point, but I highly doubt they feel like they don't need to work anymore. PJ probably doesn't have to work another day in their lives if they didn't want or, or their families, and maybe alot of their employees. When they go out and do something, they are feeling it. If they are just feeling it less often, I've got lots of music to go back on until they are feeling it again.

[VinylGuy]

Oh man, the energy was top notch last oct when i saw then live.

They were amazing.

[Tuolumne]

I'd certainly be critical if they came out and I thought they weren't feeling it. I just don't think they've come even close to that. I totally see how the quotes kinda spell out that they can be kinda lazy these days. But they are not lazy on OUR time. When they are in front of us, either by recording or playing live, they are totally committed and passionate. Whether you like it is a different thing about creative direction and stuff. When they are unpassionate or lazy, they are In Hiding.

[Leatherhead]

Spoon, Wilco, Sonic Youth, TV On The Radio, etc, off the top of my head.

All of these bands invested in their own studios when they first got a little money, which has made the finances of their careers waaaaay easier to manage.

Stone has his own studio right? I wouldn't be surprised if all of PJ have their own mini-studios.

[Leatherhead]

Having BOB do so much seems pretty lazy. Recording SBM again for LB seems pretty lazy. Getaway seems pretty lazy. Future Days is lazy. Ed's way of writing lyrics is lazy.