Feeder Announce New Album Title (And More)

[Benji]

Feeder are set to return with a new single and full-length studio album.

The London-based three-piece will release Silent Cry, their follow-up to 2004's Pushing The Senses on June 16. It will be preceded by a single, We Are The People a week earlier through Echo.

"Silent Cry has a really big sound," vocalist/guitarist Grant Nicholas tells Kerrang!. "It's back to the heavy guitar stuff of our earlier work. We didn't have any plans to make a more 'rock' record, we just did what came naturally - and we love big guitars and melodies are very important."

According to Nicholas, the new single is a rousing "call to arms, in a positive way".

"It's about how the world has changed so much," he explains. "It touches on politics and wars and things that have affected me in a personal way. I think it's a powerful song."

The album was produced by Nicholas at the London Crypt studios - with strings added at the legendary Beatles Room at Abbey Road.

"There was a really good vibe in the studio," Nicholas smiles. "It was a really nice process and was done in a very organic way. There are no sample drums on there, and we experimented with keyboards for a little '80s flavour in places, and strings and other moods too. This album feels right for us."

Taking this more stripped-down, natural approach helped keep things exciting for the band that first began in 1992.

"We've been around for a while now, and it's nice to still feel like we have a fresh record and that we're still a fresh band," says the singer. "There's a very good vibe in the group, and we feel like we've made a good record. Now we just hope that everyone else agrees with us!"

I look forward to hearing it, Feeder are a band I always forget about for a while before realising they're awesome for an extended period of time, every album has some awesome tracks and I don't doubt this'll be the same. Roll on June 16th.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I love their earlier stuff, indeed I own Swim (plus the re-release from 2000), Polythene, Yesterday Went Too Soon, Another Yesterday (Japanese only import with unreleased songs) and then Echo Park. I stopped after that as I didn't enjoy the way their music was going with the introspective sounds (and the death of Jon). This could be an interesting return to what I would call "form".

[GA!]

I thought the stuff from Comfort in Sound and Pushing The Senses was lovely. I'm not fussed what direction they go in, which is back to Echo Park from the sounds of it, its all good.

[GRIFT]

They have the consummate reunion song in "High with my Friends." Every time I go home and meet up with old friends that song gets playtime.

[IAceI]

3 songs in and it's great. Getting better with each song just about.

But I'm biased as I love Feeder something rotten.