New Rush Album: 12 songs planned.

    Ok,we did think it might be just 8 songs but Alex Lifeson says they want 12:

'We're going to continue until we have about 12 songs and finish up preproduction at the end of October, so we'll be really well prepared and then go in the studio in November and start recording...there's a quality about this record that's very expansive and musically lyrical. It's very melodic. I've written almost exclusively on acoustic guitar. When Geddy and I write, I'm playing acoustic and he's playing bass, so there's a different character to the way the writing is developing.

To me, it seems so apparent immediately whether a piece of music works or not when it's written on acoustic. You're not fooled by some distorted sound or some effect you put on guitar or something like that. This is pure in its essence and you know right away whether this chorus works or whether this verse works.
So I'm really excited about the way this is going to develop once we start recording it."


So no 10 minute tracks......




taken from Jam!Music:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2006/09/29/1918424-ca.html




    
    

Edited by Tony R - September 29 2006 at 15:16

Arsillus wrote: Excellent. So hopefully we'll see the new album by...March?

Well normally they also go to another studio to record specific instrument parts and then there will be a lay-off til after Xmas.


So including mastering to get it perfect,then some more to botch the whole sound (),maybe April or more likely May.

    

Edited by Tony R - September 29 2006 at 15:52

Also, probably no songs with wierd structures since Alex Lifeson is talking about verses and choruses.

I wish they wouldn't try and force out 12 songs... you know 3 of them are going to be weak as a result...

Hopefully Rask (producer) will not let this one get away from them.  Given what they have been releasing lately, they need to concentrate on sound above all else.  Vapor Trails was a sonic abomination. 

From what Alex is saying, I am getting the impression this one is going to have  a more straight rocking Presto era feel with a recording outcome similiar to Feedback.  This is not the worst scenario, but I don't think it is the best either.

imho


Edited by Gedhead - September 30 2006 at 15:07

Hopefully it will be a continuation of 2112...

better not be another Vapor Trails orientation, or I'll really start "bashing". I kinda set green pass to that one, I kinda skipped the Feedback vision, but another settlement within the heavy will disappoint.

other than that, good news from our artists.

Tony R wrote: Angelo wrote: Let's wait and see. @Tony: how about 8 out of 12 being 10+ minutes, that would be great, not? but would require a complete change in the capacity of ordinary CDs... 80 mins is the maximum for a single CD..and I cant see them issuing a double album...

Technicalities.... I'd enjoy a double four times as much