[情報] Liz Phair 的專輯做好了
Liz Phair Ready To Rock
Liz Phair has recorded her first album of new material in more than
five years. Speaking yesterday (March 13) with Recording Academy
president Neil Portnow during the South By Southwest (SXSW) music
conference, Phair described the self-titled set, due June 24 from
Capitol, as having "big songs. They are cool and they rock."
Phair said she recorded "40 or 50 songs" and "picked my favorites
from the last five years" to create the album. The set features the
work of several producers, including Michael Penn, R. Walt Vincent
(Pete Yorn), and the Matrix, among others. "Honestly, the reason
why this next record is so good is because I collaborated," Phair
admitted. "It's a totally new feeling for me to be really proud [of
my music]," she added with a laugh.
Because she's well known for personal, soul-baring songs, Phair
said she realizes some may balk at her decision to work with a
mainstream outfit such as production/songwriting team the Matrix
(Avril Lavigne), instead of remaining under the independent banner
with which she has long been associated. "I think that people who
stay indie are very 'us vs. them,'" she said. "I say, 'Why paint
yourself into a corner?'"
The set will be the follow up to 1998's "whitechocolatespaceegg,"
which debuted at No. 35 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 266,000
copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. "That was more
reflective of a post-motherhood type of thing," Phair said of that
album. "This is more rock." As for the extended delay between
releases, Phair explained, "It's hard to write good songs,
frankly."
Phair said she no longer suffers from extreme stage fright, which
in the past led to spotty performances and kept her from extensive
touring. "I just got over it," she said. "[Now] it's just so much
fun. It's hard to get off the stage. I'm gonna tour, that's the raw
fact. I'm gonna be out there for a long time. I'm gonna love it. I
love performing, truly."
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