Great news. I think they're producing some of their best work with the last 2. Can't wait for this one either.

from www.NewOrderOnline.com:



New Order Complete NEXT Album

Today - 9:02:06 AM - Despite having only recently returned to the furore, New Order have told Xfm that the follow-up to ‘Waiting For The Siren’s Call’ is already complete and discussed how their collaboration with Scissor Sister Ana Matronic came about.

Peter Hook and Stephen Morris of New Order and Scissor Sister Ana Matronic dropped in Xfm for a chat with Lauren Laverne last week and addressed reports that their new record is already in the can (not that you heard that from us, mind).

“That’s a secret!” exclaimed bass player Hook when aksed if the rumours wrer true, “To be honest, it’s very unusual for us to be that prolific. Every time you ‘come back’ the first question people ask is always, ‘So why did it take so long?’, so I think we thought by doing two at the same time interviewers would be scuppered for their first question.

“It was nice because at the end the ideas just came very quickly, but then we had so many ideas and Bernard [Sumner, vocalist] wouldn’t let any of em go. We’re used to him making our lives a misery, but he made us finish em all.”

“So we ended up with so many tracks we couldn’t choose between them because they all sounded like A-sides,” Morris continued. “In the end we just tried to make the record run smoothly.”

Ana Matronic and the New Order pair also spoke about how the collaboration on their new single ‘Jetstream’ came about.

“When we were recording ‘Jetstream’ in the studio, we were quite happy with it. But one of our esteemed colleagues at Warner Brothers felt there was something missing and that Ana could add that something.

“And we thought, ‘You what? The Scissor Sisters? Are You Joking?’ And low and behold as it came to pass, she did. And me and Stephen are great believers in people having part time jobs, something to fall back on. I’ve got a milk round,” Hook jokes. “And I’m in plumbing,” Morris adds…

At this point conversation turned to plumbing, mending Lauren’s broken boiler and general vocational employment-related double entendre. However, when conversation returned to the single, Ana explained,

“And so I got a cryptic email that said ‘Is Ana a New Order fan’ and so I wrote back a simple ‘Well, duh!’ And then about a week later I got a call to lend my vocals to the track. It was very nerve wracking at first I thought I’d have to be in the studio with the band, but I had a great few days recording with Steve Price.

“In fact, Scissor Sisters’ first tour of the UK was as support act for Steve's band Zoot Woman, so we’re pretty friendly and we had fun. But last week was only the first time we’ve performed the track together live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. I’m still deciding whether to join the guys for the festivals. I may come along for Glastonbury...”

yeah, this was already reported before the album was released.
I think they should just go ahead and release it. or release
it as 3 sets of b-sides to 3 singles from the current album.

just slap 4 b-sides on each single, which will in total
comprise a 12 songs new album.

something like that. bands should just release all that stuff
and not hoard it or keep it for next albums because it always
gets left in the vault in the end.

IstenSzek said:

Except I think they're really gonna put it out. They've already released 2 singles from the album and there are no b-sides to be found. I bet they have it out by next year.

i finally bought waiting for the siren's call, and i LOVE it.... my fave is the title track

JonSnow said:

Me too. Barney's too. They've gotta put that out as a single.

IstenSzek said:

I disagree..I think B-Sides and singles in general have a very short shelf-life in terms of availability..I hate having to track down deleted stuff on eBay or in 2nd hand shops just to get one or two tracks that may well not be worth hearing anyway.

I would much prefer it if all the songs were stuck on an album that will still be around in a few years' time..

Slash said:

B-Sides are fun though. It's kinda like an extra little secret for the fans that care enough to hunt them down. They're special.

The days of a good single/EP with strong b-sides is quickly becoming a dying art form.