Re: Re: Less synth on "Waiting" because...

It's unfortunate that the synth side of New Order did not materialize on Waiting. Even though, I still love the new album.

From Rolling Stone:

New Order Answer the Call

British rockers to release eighth album in spring

After a four-year hiatus, veteran British rockers New Order will release their eighth studio album, Waiting for the Sirens' Call, on April 26th.

"From the days of Joy Division to the Republic album, we'd just been touring, and we got burnt out, really," says guitarist/vocalist Bernard Sumner of the band's slow pace of the past decade. "We needed to get off the road and dry off for a bit."

Produced by Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand, the Cardigans), Waiting favors guitars over the synth pop that made New Order famous. "It's pretty rock-y," Sumner says. "Reason being, we don't really go out to clubs anymore. We don't own a club anymore. And in order to be a part of that kind of music, you have to be involved in it."

They've also added another guitarist: Phil Cunningham has joined Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris, who have not had a steady fourth member since longtime keyboardist (and Morris' wife) Gillian Gilbert left to focus on her children. "It's good to have someone else," says Sumner, "because I used to have to do all the guitar, and the vocals, and the keyboards."

New Order have signed on to play the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival on May 1st, and they plan to tour the U.S. after the album's release.

GILLIAN TELLING (Posted Feb 15, 2005)

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6988027/neworder?

Spotnick wrote:

I admit that when you are a journalist, it's incredible you can publish such a rubbish article without checking your facts.

However, the US tour after Coachella is intriging...

Since when did "intriguing" come to mean misinformed? :D

I know that some people say that Rolling Stone magazine is the U.S. version of Q and vice versa, but honestly, Q is so much superior. Rolling Stone just sucks, and they have sucked for a very long, long time.

Not a worthy rag to pick up even just to read a small blurb about New Order.

Spotnick wrote:

I admit that when you are a journalist, it's incredible you can publish such a rubbish article without checking your facts.

However, the US tour after Coachella is intriging...

Intriguing, but not happening.

Originally posted by One Brain NME published a similar article about the same subject today, but without the bullshit about the American tour.

NME article reflects a lot of independent journalistic effort. The word plagiarism comes to mind.

Originally posted by AF Mast

"It's good to have someone else," says Sumner, "because I used to have to do all the guitar, and the vocals, and the keyboards."

This seems to confirm that Gillian didn't actually play on the albums - I certainly thought Barney and Steve were mainly responsible for keyboards and programming anyway...