DJ Shadow has signalled that his new album will come out soon (either this month or next I’d guess). If you want to get a sense of what it may sound like, the 3 Freaks track (available here) from October last year seems to be an indication.
If you’re an fan of old-school Shadow, the sound may come as a shock, but it’s always nice to see an artist evolve. Shadow defends the new sound
Stylistically, it’s very different from The Private Press. Some have said “Press” was an inward-looking album. If that’s true, than this album is the opposite, and that suits me just fine. I’ve also stopped worrying if my changing taste in music costs me fans; life’s too short to live in anyone’s box, especially if that box is constraining your shine. Case in point: cats who tried to goal tend “3 Freaks” without knowing anything about Bay music or its history, even as the song was on its way to classic status among those who actually support and create Bay music. What does that prove? I believe it proves that sometimes you’ve got to clean house. It’s something that all artists I admire have done at one time or another, be it Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, or whoever. You can’t please everybody all the time, but you can please yourself. So go ahead and hate me now, you’ll love me for it later. And on that note…
We’ll see how it turns out then.
