Banda still has no plans to provide unpublished songs, but vocalist anticipated live album to Rolling Stone Brazil
Ian Astbury It demonstrated some discouragement with the current functioning of the music industry. For the vocalist of The cult, “You can do a masterpiece that disappears very fast if the algorithm doesn’t like it”.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Brazilthe artist – who brings his band to Brazil to three shows in the coming days – even pointed to the decline of the format of groups over “Individual artists recording in their rooms”. Despite the little exciting scenario, he stressed that “There will be music from The Cult in 2025 in some way, just not in conventional format”.
Exclusively, Astbury revealed that the next release will be a live albumwith details to be shared later. He said:
“There will be an album released, perhaps in the middle of the year, which will be in conventional format: a live show. But I can’t say much more than that. You will have to wait. ”
Three years have passed since Under the Midnight Sun (2022), the latest album of The Cult, designed during Covid-19 pandemic. After that, Ian and the guitarist Billy Duffy decided to revisit the Death cult – Project prior to the band that made them famous – and record the following year the double single “Flesh and Bone” and “QUOTA”
If the live album is practically right, the release of unreleased songs does not follow “Rigid Plans”. Today the studio work takes place in an unconventional way, as Billy Duffy and the bassist Charlie Jones They live in the UK, while Ian Astbury and the drummer John Storm They are in Los Angeles.
Even so, there are frequent conversations about new music – and, according to Ian, “Previous recordings that are already almost ready”.
“We launched ‘Flesh and Bone’ and ‘QUOTA’ As a compact, no one knew it had left. I decided they were songs from Death Cult. Now people are starting to listen and say, ‘Interesting, there’s more?’ We have some more of this period. There are plans to launch other recordings, perhaps from Death Cult, but definitely from The Cult. But a formal album in the studio? I don’t know. It can happen or not. We always talk about music. ”
The full interview can be read CLICKING HERE.
THE CULT IN BRAZIL
The Cult performs three shows in Brazil this February. Rio de Janeiro (02/22 – Vivo Rio), Sao Paulo (23/02 – Viber) and Curitiba (25/02 – Live) receive the quartet formed by Astbury, Billy Duffy (guitar), John Tempesta (drums) and Charlie Jones (low). Baroness, a Sludge Metal -oriented sound band, will be at the opening. Tickets can be purchased at Thecult.US website.
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