The Edge talks about new album progress and reveals it could be premiered before the band begin touring again.
U2’s new album is well underway and could be released this year. At the recent Golden Globe Awards, which U2 were nominated for Best Soundtrack, The Edge told Entertainment Weekly:
“We are working on a lot of new songs. Some of them are really, really happy. We’re convinced that we have something really special".
The guitarist also mentioned the album could be released earlier than expected.
“It’s like deciding whether we are going to release the album before the tour starts or leave it for a while, we don’t really know yet. Literally, within a day of getting off the road, Bono and I were working on new songs”.
The Edge revealed that the album’s sound was also still to be decided.
“We are experimenting with a lot of different arrangements, and electronic is one of the things we are playing with. But there are other songs that are very traditional, almost folk. In some ways, that’s the thing we haven’t figured out yet, is where this album is going to end up”.
