Wilco: "Sky Blue Sky"

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The band are in the final stretch on the new record, which they're calling "Sky Blue Sky". It's scheduled for worldwide release (Nonesuch Records) on 15 May. Some of the 18+ plus tracks recorded and being considered for inclusion are "Impossible Germany", "Shake it Off", "Glad it's Over", "Side with the Seeds", "Walken" and "Either Way". Watch this space for more updates and maybe even some music soon(ish). Oh, and per the press release, it's the first studio record with the sextet lineup that was heard on the 2-cd live set Kicking Television.

I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert, and I cannot wait for the new album.

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They're amazing live.

I hope this is good. I've been waiting for this for like... years now.

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sleepytime said:

They're amazing live.

Word. It was crazy when I saw them. It was in an amphitheater, and they had like three encores, so we rushed the stage after the second. It was insane. Amazing live show. Opening act was sh*t though.

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New Wilco Album “Sky Blue Sky” Drops May 15
Fred Mills
January 20, 2007

Wilco has been ensconced in its Chicago studio The Loft polishing off its next studio album, slated for a May 15th release on Nonesuch. To be titled Sky Blue Sky, it’s the follow-up to 2004’s Grammy-winning A Ghost is Born—in between came 2005’s concert set Kicking Television—and the first collection of Wilco material that finds all the members of the touring band in the recording studio together. Sky Blue Sky is self-produced by Wilco and mixed by longtime associate Jim O’Rourke.

At presstime there are reportedly over 18 songs on deck from which the band will make a final track selection, among them "Shake It Off," "Side with the Seeds," "Glad It's Over," "Either Way" and "Walken." Last year the band had been performing a number of new songs in concert as well, some of which may surface on the record. They include “Let's Not Get Carried Away,” “What Light,” “Impossible Germany,” “On and On and On,” “Lullaby For Rafter and Beams,” “Patient With Me,” “Let's Fight,” “Is That the Thanks I Get?” and “Maybe the Sun Will Shine.”

Back in December Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy was enthusiastic about the project, telling HARP, “Hands down, this has been the easiest Wilco record to make, so naturally I’m in love with it. From the very first session when we sat down to work on the material, everybody has been pointed in the same direction... and that made the whole experience a lot of fun,”

Wilco remains: Jeff Tweedy (guitars, vocals), John Stirratt (bass, vocals), Glenn Kotche (drums), Mike Jorgensen (keyboards), Nels Cline (guitars) and Pat Sansone (guitars, keyboards, vocals).

In between studio sessions, Tweedy has also been performing a string of solo dates. Those remaining are:

01-21 Marfa, TX, Liberty Hall
01-23 & 24 Austin, TX, Hogg Auditorium at University of Texas
01-26 New Orleans, LA, House of Blues
01-27 Birmingham, AL, Alabama Theatre
01-29 Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle
01-30 Knoxville, TN, Bijou Theatre
01-31 Charlottesville, VA, Paramount Theater

www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10831

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01 Either Way
02 You Are My Face
03 Impossible Germany
04 Sky Blue Sky
05 Side With the Seeds
06 Shake It Off
07 Please Be Patient With Me
08 Hate It Here
09 Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
10 Walken
11 What Light
12 On and On and On

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I'm ready for a new album and tour. They better headline Lollapalooza this summer.