Han pasado casi 20 años desde que la banda inglesa (Leeds) de post-punk Gang of Four no publicara nada nuevo. Y ahora estos cuatro chicos volverán a entrar en estudio y se espera que tengan publicado su material nuevo para este año.
De momento no tienen sello discográfico, pero me imagino que pronto tendremos más noticias de la banda.
En una entrevista reciente el bajista de la banda, Dave Allen,contaba a Billboard.com:
"When we first got back together a couple years ago, doing the 'reunion' part of touring and all that, we resisted making new material. We had the fear that we weren't ready, that it had been a too long a time for people to care,"
"Then we realized we had a lot of fun together -- more than we thought we would."
"So far, (the new songs) aren't a huge departure from what we've done before. The biggest surprise is that we've been capable of getting back to our roots. A whole bunch that we've done sounds like 'Entertainment!'(from 1979). It's more aggressive, more angular. People might also be intrigued that (singer) Jon (King) is singing better than he ever did."
Además dice que sus canciones volverán a tener contenido político:
"The new songs' lyrics will continue to take the "personal as politics" bent, though, as always, "we never print the issues out in black-and-white."
"I recently looked around the music landscape, and there's no one out there doing anything about issues," said Allen, who uses his Pampelmoose.com site to discuss music and post MP3s. "What I'm really getting at is that we have on our hands a global conflict."
"Rock music has lost its way. People used to be speaking out in the arts ... but in the last 15 years, all the artists have become pro-everything. Rock ceded our voice to underground hip-hop, speaking out about social issues and American hegemony, but now even that's gone."
"We might be releasing the first single or four songs for free on the Internet, or on vinyl, or both, and just see what the marketplace is like," Allen said. "We're trying to energize the base, and we know that we're dealing with an enormous group of new and younger fans."
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