David Byrne has confirmed that the
title of his upcoming album with Brian Eno will be Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. As previously reported,
Byrne will self-release the project this August, before hitting the road for an
extended tour. Eno will not be part of the tour, though Byrne plans to
offer selections from their other studio collaborations: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and the Talking Heads classics More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of
Music and Remain in Light.
In a message on www.everythingthathappens.com
Byrne said, “For the most part, Brian did the music and I wrote some
tunes, words and sang. It's familiar but completely new as well. We're pretty
excited. In August the music will be available via this Web site, free for
streaming and it will also be available for purchase as both a download and in
physical formats. One of the songs will be available free of charge."
According to a
statement, Everything That Happens… was
conceptualized during a visit to Brian Eno’s studio after the two reconnected
upon Nonesuch Records’ re-release of Bush of Ghosts. Byrne explains, “I
recall Brian mentioning that he had a lot of largely instrumental tracks he’d
accumulated, and since, in his words, he ‘hates writing words,’ I suggested I
have a go at writing some words, and tunes over a few of them, and we see what
happens.” Thus the two began exchanging vocal and instrumental tracks, and the
transatlantic collaboration began.
Everything That Happens… is also said to be less a collage than the duo’s
previous effort of some and more a collection of songs. Whereas Bush
of Ghosts incorporated the contributions of 11 additional musicians along
with a variety of “found” voices—ranging from radio talk-show hosts to Lebanese
mountain singers—this latest recording almost exclusively features Byrne’s
lyrics and voice alongside Eno’s various electronic tracks. “When we started
this work, we started to think we were making something like electronic gospel:
a music where singing was the central event, but whose sonic landscapes were
not the type normally associated with that way of singing,” says Eno. “This
thought tapped into my long love affair with gospel music, which, curiously,
was inadvertently initiated by David and the Talking Heads.”
Byrne’s tour will focus on U.S. markets through early ’09, Australasia in early ‘09 and Europe in March ’09. As of
press time, Byrne’s confirmed tourdates include stops in Atlanta
(9/20), Austin (9/26) and Santa Barbara, CA
(10/4).
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