Yet longtime subscribers to minimalist and gladly atmospheric rock, Bono and his band recently woke up with the urge to rock that stain! According to the singer, U2’s next work will be “a loud, uncompromising and unreasonable album”, in which the guitar will take center stage.
A statement a New York Times so much more unexpected as Songs of the ascent, an album announced since 2009, would almost be finished. Better still, Bono believes that U2 have taken the wrong path, so much so that they have had to relearn how to compose to get closer to the rigor and avant-garde of a group like… AC / DC!
Back to school desks
“We all make mistakes. The progressive rock virus infected us and we needed a vaccine. The discipline of our compositional process, which made U2 – the melody of the choruses, the clear ideas – was gone,” admitted the. interpreter of Onebefore confiding that he had taken composition lessons to go back to basics.
A return to the origins that has given its fruits, according to him, from Songs of Innocence (2014), and which should find its climax in this future definitely rock album.
“I don’t know who is going to produce our crazy rock ‘n’ roll album. But what we want is AC / DC, they are Mutt Lange (producer known for his work with the Australian quartet, Def Leppard or Muse), ”added Bono. “The approach. Discipline. The discipline of composition. This is what we want.”
Well, that’s promising, at least on paper. It will remain to be judged on the spot!
