During an interview with FM99 WNOR, Shinedown’s Barry Kerch offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the effort is about “95 percent” done.
Kerch said the following:
“The news is it’s not ready yet. We’re really close — I’d say 95% there — but we’re never gonna put anything out that’s not up to our standards. And we’ve never rushed a record and we’re not gonna rush this one.
I’d say probably early next year is what we’re shooting for [as far as a release date for the album goes]. We have a couple of more [songs] that we just need to tweak and we’re not happy with.
It takes a lot to make a record — between the actual songs, recording the instruments, then getting the right mix and the right master and then going, ‘Okay, here’s a collection of songs. Which ones are gonna make the record and which ones aren’t good enough for us?’
SHINEDOWN’s had a lot of throwaways that are good songs, but they didn’t either fit that record or they just weren’t good enough. But you have to get those ideas out to move on to whatever that next idea is. So we’re kind of in that process right now.
You know my lead singer [Brent Smith] — he never stops touring or stops working, so it’s also finding time to get in the studio without him going, ‘Oh, yeah, by the way, we’re gonna go over to Europe for a month,’ and then come back and do this… Which is fine, and I love his work ethic. That man will work circles around all of us in this room and then some. And that’s what makes it fun and interesting in this band, is seeing his passion. I’ve known him for 23 years now. He’s my ride or die. I support that guy, and even in his worst and darkest days, when he made a decision, it was always the right one.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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