Phoenix starting next record

Thu 13th Jan, 2011 in International News

French indie rock megastars Phoenix are just a month away from kicking off their latest Australian visit with the touring Good Vibrations festival in February but that won’t stop them making a start on their fifth full length record.

The news comes direct from Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars who was on the phone to FasterLouder this morning saying that the band are just “10 days” away from starting their next album.

“We’re starting the new album in just 10 days time,” Mars said from his new home in New York City. “It can take a long time for us to do an album so we want to start it very soon.”

According to Mars the fifth Phoenix disc will follow the same creative process used previously by the band, with a plan to avoid ritzy studio sessions in favour of more humble beginnings at home.

“That is how we always work; we always make records in our bedrooms,” Mars told FasterLouder. “We never go into professional studios…we always fear those places that are too professional with gold records on the wall and Playstations in the lounge. We like to go to empty places where there is just food and you can make something sitting on the floor.”

As well as their headline duties for this summer’s Good Vibes festival Phoenix will venture out for a one-off sideshow at Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre on February 14th.