LoveHateHero
24-04-2008, 11:21 PM
Feeder are set to return with a new single and full-length studio album.
The London-based three-piece will release Silent Cry, their follow-up to 2004's Pushing The Senses on June 16. It will be preceded by a single, We Are The People a week earlier through Echo.
"Silent Cry has a really big sound," vocalist/guitarist Grant Nicholas tells Kerrang!. "It's back to the heavy guitar stuff of our earlier work. We didn't have any plans to make a more 'rock' record, we just did what came naturally - and we love big guitars and melodies are very important."
According to Nicholas, the new single is a rousing "call to arms, in a positive way".
"It's about how the world has changed so much," he explains. "It touches on politics and wars and things that have affected me in a personal way. I think it's a powerful song."
The album was produced by Nicholas at the London Crypt studios - with strings added at the legendary Beatles Room at Abbey Road.
"There was a really good vibe in the studio," Nicholas smiles. "It was a really nice process and was done in a very organic way. There are no sample drums on there, and we experimented with keyboards for a little '80s flavour in places, and strings and other moods too. This album feels right for us."
Taking this more stripped-down, natural approach helped keep things exciting for the band that first began in 1992.
"We've been around for a while now, and it's nice to still feel like we have a fresh record and that we're still a fresh band," says the singer. "There's a very good vibe in the group, and we feel like we've made a good record. Now we just hope that everyone else agrees with us!"
I seriously can't wait. I've heard their new sinlge on their website and it's really good. Should be fun to see what Abbey Road have done with Feeder, it better not be what they've done with PATD.
The London-based three-piece will release Silent Cry, their follow-up to 2004's Pushing The Senses on June 16. It will be preceded by a single, We Are The People a week earlier through Echo.
"Silent Cry has a really big sound," vocalist/guitarist Grant Nicholas tells Kerrang!. "It's back to the heavy guitar stuff of our earlier work. We didn't have any plans to make a more 'rock' record, we just did what came naturally - and we love big guitars and melodies are very important."
According to Nicholas, the new single is a rousing "call to arms, in a positive way".
"It's about how the world has changed so much," he explains. "It touches on politics and wars and things that have affected me in a personal way. I think it's a powerful song."
The album was produced by Nicholas at the London Crypt studios - with strings added at the legendary Beatles Room at Abbey Road.
"There was a really good vibe in the studio," Nicholas smiles. "It was a really nice process and was done in a very organic way. There are no sample drums on there, and we experimented with keyboards for a little '80s flavour in places, and strings and other moods too. This album feels right for us."
Taking this more stripped-down, natural approach helped keep things exciting for the band that first began in 1992.
"We've been around for a while now, and it's nice to still feel like we have a fresh record and that we're still a fresh band," says the singer. "There's a very good vibe in the group, and we feel like we've made a good record. Now we just hope that everyone else agrees with us!"
I seriously can't wait. I've heard their new sinlge on their website and it's really good. Should be fun to see what Abbey Road have done with Feeder, it better not be what they've done with PATD.