Rush Guitarist Talks New Album
Alex says the record is shaping up nicely ahead of next year\'s release
In a new interview Rush’s Alex Lifeson has revealed a little more about the band’s forthcoming new studio album, Clockwork Angels.
In an interview with The Morning Call, Lifeson says the band has six songs pretty much ready to go and three others almost done. The group plans to write at least a couple of additional songs after the tour. At this point, the CD is shaping up to be a musically varied work.
"There is the epic song, 'Clockwork Angels,' which is really taking shape. It's a multi-parted piece, very dynamic," Lifeson says. "Then there's some stuff that's very melodic and on the softer side, on acoustic, with a strong melody. So there's great diversity there. Honestly, I can't wait until we start really working on these songs. We've sort of got them to the stage where Geddy and I were happy with the arrangements and then Neil kind of comes in and starts working on his drum arrangements, and they go from there. So they're sort of in that pre-drum stage right now, and it's great to see them come to life.
"We've got this great feeling of promise for this album and some of the material on it," Lifeson says. "I think it's all going to work out really great."
The band are due to wrap their Time Machine Tour on 17 October and they will take a Christmas break before heading back into the studio to finish the album early in 2011.
It’s hoped that the album will arrive early in summer 2011 with a full tour to follow.