Well look what we have here-- a new Beck single! Apparently, this coming Tuesday, iTunes will release the new Beck song "Timebomb", all by its lonesome. (All other digital stores have to wait a week, until August 28.) No album, no EP, no superstar remixes. Just one song. Could this be yet another one of Beck's ploys to turn the music industry upside-down?

According to a press release, "The lyric of "Timebomb" echoes some of the dark themes from that album [The Information] but is packaged in digital gris gris thunder as only Beck can do it." OK then! Beck produced the track himself, and performs vocals and keyboard, while Brian LeBarton plays keyboards and guitar.

No word yet on whether or not this is what Beck and Jamie Lidell were up to at Infrasonic studios recently, but a press release hints that the song features "a whole gang of studio visitors on back-up vocals."


- Pitchforkmedia
[Edited 8/20/07 20:31pm]

neeto if it's just a one-off single for the sake of releasing a new song, but i don't know that we're ready for a follow-up to "the information" just yet, are we? unless it's going to be the lead-in for a best-of album or something....

Anxiety said:

I'm actually still digesting The Information. I really enjoy it.. get bored with it at times, but overall its a nice album.

however, I am looking for a more melodic beck.. maybe a bit slower? not sure what i'm aiming at here.. but I want some music that builds upon the initial listen. This stuff is great, i Just think he needs to reformat for his next album

we shall see with this single

cool

very interested to see how this song sounds.. less than two hours away..

although i don't believe i can stay up and wait.. gettin up before work to snag this one.

not bad.. short and sweet