Janes Addiction Underway With New Album
First record for eight years to be with us later in 2011
Jane's Addiction Underway With New Album
13th January 2011
Jane’s Addiction are underway with their new album – their first since 2003.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone Magazine Perry Farrell revealed that the band had been in the studio since December with producer Rich Costey (Muse) and their current stand-in bassist Dave Sitek, from the band TV On The Radio.
Farrell revealed that the sound of the new album will be different to previous records.
"It's a strange mixture of that post-punk Goth darkness that Jane's had with what's going on today with groups like Muse and Radiohead," he tells Rolling Stone. "As much as I want to appease fans and make old Jane's fans love me, I just can't help myself from moving forward."
Farrell also revealed a little more about their new bassist, who replaced Duff McKagan last month.
"The first time we got together with Dave Sitek was in my garage," says Farrell. "I played him music and explained to him how I've been working the last few years on music. He was so for it. He was a proponent of my message and I was a proponent of the way he works, so we just decided to get together. Now he's a real important person on my life."
Sitek has spent hours jamming on loose ideas with Jane's guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins. "Then he'd go back and make clips using bits and pieces from the jams," says Farrell. "That requires hours of listening to jams, which I'm not up for. I enjoy writing lyrics and melodies, but I'm not a great instrumentalist, so I leave it up to the professionals."
The new album looks likely to be called The Great Escape, and Farrell hopes to release a single in March with the album following later this year.