The Zutons by Jonathan Turton
The Zutons’ last album was 2008’s ‘You Can Do Anything’.
In the wake of their pre-lockdown live return, The Zutons have confirmed the details of a brand new studio album.
The band were at Abbey Road with the not-inconsiderable talents of Nile Rodgers and Ian Broudie on production for the recording of The Big Decider, which has been set for release on April 26th.
“Working with Nile was just an amazing experience, he gave me a confidence that I’ve never felt before making a record,” Dave McCabe has said.
He’s very laid-back as a person and a good listener. On the song Disappear, I wrote a spoken word piece about The Zutons travelling the stars and galaxies asking the most powerful question in the universe, ‘Why?’. I asked Nile if he’d read it out over the top of the end section of the song, thinking he’d just say no. But he jumped in the vocal booth with his chain around his neck and his sunglasses on and did about 20 different takes, all in different styles of himself.
“It was great to reconnect with Ian Broudie on this record as well. He told me the demo of Big Decider brought a tear to his eye and that’s why he said yes to working with us again. It was one of the first songs we wrote for the album so getting that reaction from Ian made me feel like we were doing something right. The song spoke for itself.”
