Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (May 15)

[Rob]

From wikipedia:

On May 8, 2006, Glenn Kotche said that the band was in the writing and demoing stages of creating a new record, and that four or five of those songs had made it in to the band's recent live sets. The new songs include "On and On and On," " The Thanks I Get" "Walkin'," "Impossible Germany," "What Light," "Let's Fight," "Either Way" "Let's Not Get Carried Away," "You are my face," "Patient with Me", "Sky blue Sky," "Shake it Off," and "Side With the Seeds." Kotche also said that some of the new songs were written on the spot in the studio by the band as a whole, as opposed to Tweedy fleshing out the song and bringing it to the rest of the band.

Following the fall tour, which ended with Nov. 24 and 25 shows in the band's hometown, Wilco will go back into the studio to finish recording its album, due out in April.

Jeff Tweedy also commented in Rolling Stone that the band has several songs up to record for their next record.

In a June 2006 interview, guitarist Cline revealed that the band would be writing and demoing new songs in August, followed by recording sessions in November[3] The band's next album is currently slated for a May 2007 release.[4]

I'm in desperate need of new studio material :upyours

[trappss1]

April is too long to wait:downyours

[Tim Simmons]

Sky Blue Sky (May 15th)

[Rob]

That's the title?

[Tim Simmons]

yup.

[sipowicz]

I have kinda feel off the Wilco wagon, good I loved [still do] Being There and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but Ghosts did absolutely NOTHING for me, chances are, I will pick this one up, but hopefully it is better than Ghosts.

[SkortBrun]

Where did this info about album title and release date come from?

[Tim Simmons]

At Jeff's solo show last night.

[mattinmass]

that's my birthday

[sipowicz]

Tweedy Reveals Wilco LP Title, Release Date

Finally, some concrete Wilco album news! According to a tip from Pitchfork reader Collin Brown and later confirmed by Wilco's publicist, last night at a solo show in Nashville, Jeff Tweedy announced that his band's forthcoming record is called Blue Sky Blue and it will be out May 15 via Nonesuch. It will be the band's first studio release since 2004's A Ghost Is Born.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40574/Tweedy_Reveals_Wilco_LP_Title_Release_Date

[SkortBrun]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003534789

Billboard article.

[SkortBrun]

Official Website
The band are in the final stretch on the new record, which they're calling "Sky Blue Sky". It's scheduled for worldwide release (Nonesuch Records) on 15 May. Some of the 18+ plus tracks recorded and being considered for inclusion are "Impossible Germany", "Shake it Off", "Glad it's Over", "Side with the Seeds", "Walken" and "Either Way". Watch this space for more updates and maybe even some music soon(ish). Oh, and per the press release, it's the first studio record with the sextet lineup that was heard on the 2-cd live set Kicking Television.

I just wanted to post this so everyone's aware that new songs might be up on the web page soon.

[Rob]

Tracklist (from Pitchfork):

01 Either Way
02 You Are My Face
03 Impossible Germany
04 Sky Blue Sky
05 Side With the Seeds
06 Shake It Off
07 Please Be Patient With Me
08 Hate It Here
09 Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
10 Walken
11 What Light
12 On and On and On

[SkortBrun]

Tracklist (from Pitchfork):

01 Either Way
02 You Are My Face
03 Impossible Germany
04 Sky Blue Sky
05 Side With the Seeds
06 Shake It Off
07 Please Be Patient With Me
08 Hate It Here
09 Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
10 Walken
11 What Light
12 On and On and On

Awesome. I'm not nuts about "What Light" but still, awesome.

[SkortBrun]

"Either Way," "You Are My Face" and "Walken" all leaked today and they're all awesome.

[SkortBrun]

Tonight at 10 PM the new album will be played on the Wilco webpage. Here's a link to the part of the site where you'll be able to hear it:

http://smartley3.wilcoworld.net/sbs/

[Tim Simmons]

After one listen, pretty good.

[SkortBrun]

Yeah I'm pretty impressed with it as well.

[Sydneyfan]

Very nice attitude. :upyours

In what is becoming something of an unfortunate tradition, Wilco's new Nonesuch album, "Sky Blue Sky," has leaked online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date.

The group's 2002 album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" was online for nine months before it was eventually released in stores, and 2004's "A Ghost Is Born" also hit the Internet well before street date. In the latter instance, Wilco fan site Justafan.org asked fans who had downloaded the album early to donate money to Doctors Without Borders, a fund which eventually grew to $15,000.

"There's probably some good argument to be made that it will prevent a few people from buying the record," Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told Billboard yesterday (March 8) at the band's Chicago loft. "But there's also the idea that I believe is true for us, which is, it's people listening to our music."

"We feel very proud of our record and we want people to hear it. Ultimately, that's the goal," he continued. "I think most people will do the right thing and support us and buy the record, even if they have downloaded it."

"Frankly, I would like to have people get a head start on knowing the material before we come to whatever town they live in," bassist John Stirratt added with a laugh.


To stem the tide, the group will stream "Sky Blue Sky" from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. ET this Sunday (March 11) on its official Web site.

"We've always viewed the whole thing as similar to radio," Wilco manager Tony Margherita tells Billboard. "We were prepared for it to leak as soon as the first advance CD went out. That's just part and parcel of the deal. As with previous records, our plan was and is to give people another way to hear the record besides the download, since these often sound like crap and are a pain in the ass for people who don't have a lot of time or are not super tech-savvy."

Wilco will get busy on the road beginning April 16 in Brisbane, Australia.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003556600

[SkortBrun]

Their stance on downloading is very refreshing.

[hildegoat]

I just received an email about pre-ordering specials and combos. I pre-ordered the vinyl, and it comes with a copy of the CD for only $24 (plus shipping).

Sky Blue Sky Pre-Order (http://wilcoskybluesky-preorder.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=10770_10816)

[Tim Simmons]

Thats quite the Deal.

[Tim Simmons]

And for the doubters, You will end up paying around $24 for the vinyl in stores anyway, so its not like you are paying more for some cleverly disguised combo pack.

[Tim Simmons]

Of course musictoday will fuck you on the shipping.

[Gibba]

Tweedy solo record

[Ghosts on TV]

Tweedy solo record

What? Nels Cline is all over this album.

[Gibba]

What? Nels Cline is all over this album.

impossible germany

[trappss1]

Excellent!:upyours

[Cgoodwin22]

I'm liking this album. It's very stripped down...not as much experimental stuff like A Ghost Is Born...

[hildegoat]

It seems that Pitchfork didn't like it so much -- 5.2:

Charged up and bursting with eccentric and experimental talent, Wilco Mk. 5 seemed poised to generate the band's finest-- or at least most interesting-- music yet. Instead, it produced Sky Blue Sky.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42878-sky-blue-sky

[Starlite]

It seems that Pitchfork didn't like it so much -- 5.2:



http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42878-sky-blue-sky

I haven't heard any of this album yet, so I can't offer an opinion.
Having said that, I wouldn't place too much weight on Pitchfork's opinions seeing as they awarded Justin Timberlake the #1 Track of 2006.

[hildegoat]

Stylus gave it a B-, but the letter grade seems too high for the review they gave:

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/wilco/sky-blue-sky.htm

Based on the stuff I've heard on Wilco's website, I like it. And my copy of the LP /CD will hopefully be here tomorrow. :banana

[SkortBrun]

It seems that Pitchfork didn't like it so much -- 5.2:



http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42878-sky-blue-sky

Yo, fuck Pitchfork!

[thunderoad]

got the cd in the mail tuesday,
and by the third listen i compeltely fell in love with it,
it's definitely a grower and it's amazing. at first the album
felt calm, a little too calm but it's also quite explosiv and has simple,
beautiful textures. it really does feel the most honest album wilco has put out. i'm already gonna say that this along with andrew bird's 07 album are definitely in my top 5 albums of the year. bright eyes & arcade fire are in the top ten..somewhere, i have yet to hear albums by the national, white stripes, rufus or ryan, but i'm quite anxious, especially for ryan's, naturally.