Ben in Alternative Press

Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: zinefiend

From the February issue of Alternative Press:

"It sounds like we grew beards, went in the studio and recorded an album in a week." So says piano man / future lumberjack Ben Folds, describing his as-yet-untitled second solo full-length. The disc, due out early this year on Epic, will have a more "organic and dirtier" feel than Folds' trio of EPs released last year, which he described as "vanilla. Not that I have anything against vanilla," he jokes. Songs on the 11-track album include "Young Bastard," the 30-piece orchestra-accentuated "Landed," and "Time," which features Folds' good friend and sometimes video-director "Weird Al" Yankovic on backing vocals. But Folds assures AP the album is serious. "The album is very lyrically thematic. It was inspired by many of my friends being in debilitating relationships." NOt one to get caught up in the typical "this is the best album of my career"-talk most artists perpetuate every time they have a new release, Folds proudly states, "This is definitely not the best album I've ever made." He laughs, and concedes, "I sure wanna say that it is, though."

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: Jesus123

how does one respond to that?

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: zinefiend

plus, I see that it was posted already. I weeded through ten pages of threads and missed it on the first page.

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: aks4bff

how do you say its not your best album.........that seems a bit odd to me....

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: blackteeshirt

Not to me. I expect that kind of honesty from Ben.

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: aks4bff

well yeah, but if it wasnt his best, why not make it his best?.....i dont know, i have low expectations for this one anyways, hoping to be plesantly supprised...

i hardly listen to ben these days, i need something good to bring be back around.....

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: HarmonizedMoFo

He was joking, as if to reverse-jinx it.

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: aks4bff

lets hope

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners then cry with the saints, The sinners are much more fun..."

Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: playthefunk

Sometimes you don't know what to do to make something better, and you've already put enough work into it, so you wrap it up. We'll hear for ourselves, but I'd think this isn't really a lazy effort from Ben Folds.

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: playthefunk

Not to mention he's been working on some of these songs in the studio for more than a year now. That's a long time to work on something four minutes long.

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Jan 11th (6 years ago)

Posted by: !gas!panic!

Folds' trio of EPs released last year, which he described as "vanilla. Not that I have anything against vanilla...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! ben's bringing back vanilla.org:
http://www.benfolds.org/forum/25957#454246