Alabama Shakes are almost ready to unleash their second album after drummer Steve Johnson told the Miami News Times they have just about completed work on the follow-up to last year’s ‘Boys & Girls‘ debut.
“We just have a better grasp on what we’re doing in the studio now,” Johnson explained. “And as far as the songs go, I think a lot of people want to expect a ‘Boys & Girls Vol. II almost, more digging into Southern soul or something like that, and the songs that are coming out now, they’re different.”
“I feel like we’ve progressed in growing as songwriters, and while they’re different in that respect, it’s still not unbelievable that it’s the same band. It still sounds like Alabama Shakes, just experimenting with other sounds.”
“We were working with a producer this time, and some of the songs we didn’t have completely finished,” Johnson continued on how their new sound evolved in the studio. “Before, we would kind of have a good idea of what the song was going to be like whenever we were done with it.”