Gosh, what a lot of album news today. But this is surely more interesting than all the other album news on the basis that this is regarding the first album of new material from The B-52s for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Crikey. Makes you think.
Anyway, the band are just finishing work on the new LP in their home town of Athens, Georgia. Singer Fred Schneider explained that the band had always intended to work on a new album, but had found it tricky to find time to get together due to the fact they are all now based in different parts of the US. "We all lived down there for two months and just got back in the swing of things," he said. "After the 'Cosmic Thing' and 'Good Stuff' tours [1989/1992], we were a little burned out. We just had our ins and outs and things going on. It took a while for things to fall back into place".
Talking about the album's content, he added: "There's more electronica on it. It's up-tempo and a bit sexed-up. It's sexier than ever".
The album is expected out early next year, but as yet the band have not found a label to release it. They are, however, planning US and European tour dates for this summer, as well as further live shows once the new LP is released.