TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio Drop More Hints on Album
You didn't think we'd let you live with just a tracklist, did you? Please. We're back with more detailed information on the forthcoming TV on the Radio album. Which is good news, because that tracklist was just too much of a tease. So we spoke to multi-instrumentalist and producer David Andrew Sitek about it via email to help flesh this thing out.
The recording process just finished, and mixing is under way. The album was recorded at Sitek's Staygold Studio (say that three times fast!) in Brooklyn and recorded by Sitek himself, per usual. As for the sound of the new album and what to expect, he says it will be "very large, full production, personal, anthemic, and worthy of makeout sessions with the sky. We have really been influenced by our personal lives more than music. Not to say we don't breakdance to other music, but we have been rather insular for most of the process."
Guests abound on this album, including Katrina Ford (Celebration, Lovelife), Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear), Martin Perna and Stuart Bogie of Antibalas, and members of Dragons of Zynth and Omegamoon, as well as some other "special people." He expects the first single to be either "Wolf Like Me", "I Was a Lover", or "Playhouses". Always a good sign to have more than one choice for a single, usually means the tunes are good. As for a title and release date, they're still unsure, as Sitek says, "Look, we let you take our bra off; the panties will have to wait."
Finally, he tells us, "This has been a strange and incredible time for us and hopefully we will reflect that enough to make you feel like you are in the hotel rooms with us, on the plane with us, asleep in the grass with us, stomping your feet and shaking your fist at the naysayers with us, not answering our phones with us, staring at the future in disbelief with us, accepting the miraculous with us, giving it back with us."
We just can't wait to hear the damn thing! Here's that tracklist we mentioned:
01 Playhouses
02 I Was a Lover
03 Province
04 Snakes + Martyrs
05 Wolf Like Me
06 Tonight
07 Dirty Whirlwind
08 A Method
09 Let the Devil In
10 Blues From Down Here
11 Wash the Day Away
