Monday, July 04, 2005

Big Star Set To Release New Album In August, 2005

Big Star--Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, together with members since 1993, The Posies' Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer--have a new album set to be released by Rykodisc.

The great British magazine MOJO have this to say:

"...the resulting 12 track disc has a strong collaborative feel-Chilton sings on six trax, the others(Jon and Ken) split the others-that recalls Big Star's debut #1 Record, and production that mines the spontaneous approach of the Sister Lovers sessions. "We've done three studio albums and all three were different from each other," say Jody Stephens. "The new one fits in with that trend". . .More familiar fare comes in the form of Auer's edgy Lady Sweet, which hints at the old Radio City gem Life Is White-Stringfellow's layered Beach Boys pastiche I'll Turn My Back On The Sun and Stephens's Rubber Soul-inspired contributions February's Quiet and Best Chance We'll Ever Have."

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