Admittedly, it won’t have massive mainstream appeal but for fans, it’s a gift from the gods. Pitchfork reports that Seattle grunge grandaddies the Screaming Trees will release a “lost” album that happens to feature REM guitarist Peter Buck and Queens of the Stone Age honcho Josh Homme.
I guess we could headline the piece “Nearly Lost You,” nyuck nyuck. That’s an in-joke for the kids at the back.
Apparently, the album was recorded at Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s studio in 1998 and '99, just before the band broke up in 2000. Pitchfork adds it was never mixed or released but now the band’s drummer Barrett Martin plans to do both.
The album, which will be called Last Words: The Final Recordings (wow, bet they were up all night brainstorming that one), has now been mixed by Seattle legend Jack Endino. There are no plans for a reunion but a press release notes “the band members are finally well-adjusted adults who actually get along with each other and have happily moved on with their lives."
As Undercover notes, Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan continues to collaborate and record albums (most recently with Isobel Campbell on the haunting Hawk album), guitarist Gary Lee Connor records with his new band Microdot Gnome, bassist Van Connor plays in alt-metal band VALIS and Martin is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and writer.
Last Words will be released digitally on Martin’s Sunyata Music label on August 2, with physical versions to come.
SWWWWWEEEEEEEEETTTTT!
Posted by: Maura | 07/01/2011 at 03:04 PM