From the control room at Compass Point According to Terry Manning, Widespread Panic will be releasing a single on October 15.
Wed, 10 October Manning wrote:
For any who have been following this thread, there will be a single released next Monday, Oct. 15.Earlier, Manning talked about the upcoming album and said:
The song is "Up All Night." It originated from Jojo, and then received further band input. Background vocals are sung by the same three person group that backed Al Green on all of his great soul hits, and a horn section (part of which played on the Wilson Pickett classics) honks throughout.
And it can now be told that Panic's contract with Sanctuary was up with the last album, and they have decided not to go with a major label for this new one. Their own label, Widespread Records, will be handling things directly with the consumer. A subcontracted indy distributor will ensure hard product gets into appropriate stores (any stores that are left) and one stops.
By the way, all of this happened well in advance of the recent "Radiohead" news and resultant threads, so this is not a "copycat" scenario.
The new single will be available free for download in an mp3 format from various sites.
iTunes will be carrying it, but so far Apple have not allowed the band to give it away through the iTunes site, so there (for now at least) will be a 99¢ charge for the AAC.
Radio receive the track tomorrow.
As for the rest of the album, we have been experimenting with a few other little overdubs, but things are almost finished now.
Thanks again to all for your interest.
I think the fans, as well as the general public, will be quite surprised by this album. It is something that few groups today can, or could make, both from the musical sense, as well as the ability to spend the time and money necessary to achieve the results.
We have songs in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, and other tempos I'm not sure I can quantify. We have acoustic instruments, electric instruments, synthesised instruments, antique instruments, you name it.
We have very hard rock. We have very quiet rock. We have symphonic rock. We have almost-approaching country, and jazz, and vaudeville.
We have:
Drums
Bass
Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar
12 string guitar
Mando guitar
Mandolin
Piano
Hammond organ
Wurlitzer electric piano
Rhodes electric piano
Congas
Bongos
Shakers/Maracas/Pods
Tambourines
Crickets
Orchestral tympani drum
Claves
Triangle
Protein powder can lids
*COWBELLS*
...lots more percussion instruments...
Timbales
Mellotron
Chamberlin
Choir
Baritone Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Soprano Saxophone
Trumpet
Flugelhorn
Trombone
French Horn
Euphonium
Clarinet
Oboe
Bassoon
Flute
Piccolo
Violins
Violas
Celli
Double Bass
Celeste
Chimes
Bells
Lead vocals
Male backing vocals
Female backing vocals
Fiddle...
..and lots more on this album.
We all look forward to the new album coming later this year.
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