This latest news about Beck completely flew under my radar, but if you're reading this you either a) enjoy listening to Beck b) like dropping hate comments about Beck or c) have no idea what he's been up to. I think that covers all of the bases anyway.
So here's the big news everyone seems to have been talking about for the last month - Beck is releasing a new album. Not doing it for you? The new album may be coming out as early as in the next 4-6 weeks (surprise!). According to several news sources, Beck's latest album has been kept secret for only so long after it was released last month that producer Danger Mouse (Cee-Lo, the Rapture, MF Doom, the Black Keys, Sparklehorse, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Ike Turner) would be involved with this album. The album's short-term notice was Beck's intention, and why not, it seems to be all the 'thing' these days to release on last minutes notice. It will have saved you much grief either way, since we've all been getting driven crazy with Weezer's Red Album or Coldplay's relentless string of news these days.
Oh, and according to Pitchfork, "the new Beck album will indeed feature contributions from Chan "Cat Power" Marshall" if that gets you all riled up.
So now that you know all of that, what could this one possibly sound like? He's gone from singer /songwrite to mellow/folk on us in his earliest works, delivered an Alt rock pleaser with Odelay!, delivered my favorite album, Midnight Vultures, with a bit if a electro-influence, then went completely over the edge with The Information, which he let buyers make their own album cover via a sticker package. Below is a quote from MTV and from the sounds of it, the new album will sound a bit like, eh... Midnight Vultures? I do hope so...
The as-yet-untitled album contains 10 new songs,…a tightly assembled group…that range in lyrical tone from introspection and social commentary to off-the-cuff wordplay and lighthearted humor…Musically, the album’s ten tracks vacillate between economy and experimentation, hybrid and pop classicism.He will be touring come June, so you can bet his album will be out before then. His tour will be along side a few of our favorites, MGMT, Cold War Kids and Spoon!
MP3: Beck - Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes remixed by 8-Bit) (buy)
Beck Tour Dates:
06-25 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-27 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
06-28 St. Gallen, Switzerland - St. Gallen Festival
06-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
07-01 Southampton, England - Guildhall
07-02 Manchester, England - Apollo
07-04 London, England - Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)
07-06 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-07 Paris, France - Olympia
07-09 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
07-10 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock Festival
08-22 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
08-24 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater *
08-30 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl ^
09-27 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
* with Cold War Kids
^ with Spoon, MGMT
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