Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Radioactive MikeZ, of 96.7 KCAL-FM’s “Wired In The Empire”, The Devil Wears Prada’s Jeremy DePoyster confirmed that the band have been working on new material. According to him, the group are “sitting on a big pile of stuff.”

DePoyster said the following:

“We are, definitely. I mean, it’s been about two years since we put [‘Color Decay’] out. But we’ve been working on that record for a couple years since before then. We’re really busy, like too busy. We’ve kind of spent every single moment that we’re not on tour going out to California and renting some studios and writing a bunch of stuff. So we’re sitting on a big pile of stuff. But we will definitely not put anything out until next year. I didn’t really wanna cloud up the set with trying to put out a new song and stuff. But I would say this [fall 2024 North American] tour and our European tour coming up [in February 2025] are probably the tail end of the ‘Color Decay’ era. And then we’re gonna push forward from there.”

He continued when asked if the band still follow “the album philosophy”:

“Oh my gosh, yeah. Dude, I’m old school, man. I still like records. [Laughs]

You know what? A couple of years ago, I had a bunch of people telling me the record is dead. It’s all about singles now. It’s all about short form. And then a bunch of my friends in other bands just kept putting out records and we kept putting out records. And I’m, like, I don’t think the suits really know what’s going on. I think the fans and the bands definitely know what’s going on. And I think people just, especially with physical media and putting an LP on and listening to it, there’s just something about just from start to finish, a really well-curated track listing, and that sets the vibe that I don’t think we’ll ever go away from.”

He also added the following when asked if the new material has a theme:

“I think we all, particularly Mike [Hranica] and myself, and Jon [Gering], our keyboard player, that we write all the lyrics, and I think we all were, like, ‘Man, I’m in a really good headspace. My life’s really good. I’m feeling great. We’ve had a lot of great tours. My relationship’s awesome.’ And then we started writing, and it was, like, ‘Oh, man. This is so depressing and so soul crushing.’ And so I think there’s just these little demons lurking in there that come out when you put the pen down and you’re, like, ‘Oh, I didn’t even know that was in there.’ … I think sonically, maybe I want it a little more upbeat, but it’s kind of like a pop song that just destroys your life type of thing — with some breakdowns. You can’t get away from the breakdowns.”

[via Blabbermouth]