Carl Barat talked exclusively to Music-News.com at SXSW about the his latest album with The Jackals and also writing new material with Pete Doherty for the new Libertines album.
After another successful SXSW show at Latitude, The Brisith Embassy, Austin, Texas, Carl Barat took time to reflect on his recent and upcoming projects.
On Carl Barat & The Jackals new album 'Let It Reign' Carl told Music-News.com, "I wouldn't say it's a political album, it kind of reflects my feeling at the time. That's what your meant to do as an artist, isn't it? There are a lot of themes on there like nanny state technology, impending 1984 big brotherdom, and then of course the brave new world aspect of it. Everything I wrote seemed to be in the same theme. It's kind of a study of time."
Regarding progress on the new Libertines album Carl explained, "I'm going back out there in a couple of days to finish up the demos and then back out there for the album." Pushed for the best song so far he continued, "The best thing is when we sat down and wrote a song called The Belly and the Beast, it was quite a moment really as it was getting back into that process with someone you write songs with, even though nothings really changed, it was a great experience. It's a grovey thing there's still so much more there to write about, I'm so excited."
Check out the whole uncut Music-News.com exclusive interview, recorded outside Latitude at The British Embassy, Austin, Texas during SXSW last week, below.
