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Fredib wrote: ↑14 Sep 2023, 09:54 Reading the last snippets : JJ interview to come. New album recording planned during next winter... And RTBF interviews links
Cheers

Thanks. Next winter means the coming winter 2023/2024 or 2024/2025

Why the hell no one recognise what a hell of song writer and musician Hugh Cornwell is? Are his solo albums really so great that the whole world is just too stupid to recognise their quality? What's going wrong with mankind, with the music business, with Joe Public.... One answer is that his music i...

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NC is a good album, but the vocals of Paul just isn't The Stranglers for me. It's the same with Baz singing. DM is also good but nowhere outstanding. For a possible new Stranglers album I would prefer a completely JJ written one, recorded with his band mates and with additional inputs from some othe...

Other than the comments about Jet, it’s the usual dull and uninspiring stuff. Lots of talk without really saying anything or anything new…. … Toby’s great and a bit of a nerd, last tour was great and crowds were great, DM was a great album and his best as a Strangler (really?) we’re going to be bus...

A bit of summer music from Paul Simonon: https://youtu.be/IDDZgEHaczA I thought that was pretty good. Is that the sort of music Paul is up to these days ? i was a bit surprised as well he suited that style Yes, quite good album, produced by Tony Visconti. Damon Albarn plays melodica on two or three...

I think everyone absolutely wants a new album but I don't think anyone wants another mediocre album with "The Stranglers" name plastered on it. DM had it's moments but it feels rushed and there's a few throwaway songs on there and others seem to be Frankenstein's monster in the way they a...

A bit of summer music from Paul Simonon:
https://youtu.be/IDDZgEHaczA

Instrumental version with (a bit strange) Video, released October 2022: https://youtu.be/_n5VHhr_Tec

Don't take these interviews and those short statements too seriously. I would be surprised if JJ and friends (Stranglers?) record new songs this autumn, but who knows. And, how will Toby's keyboard lines sound?

Nice on JJ:
https://youtu.be/KZtQf5w7M58