Before the passing of drummer Clem Burke earlier this year, Blondie had already completed work on the album. (Farout)
While no release date has been revealed and details remain thin on the ground regarding the project, guitarist Chris Stein did say in an update to fans on X in July: “Next Blondie album should be around last quarter this year.”
Now, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Harry said of the record: “I think our tradition has always been to cover a lot of different styles and to embody some different moods. So in that respect, it’s a very traditional Blondie album. I think the thing that makes people carry on with us is that we’re excited about what we do, and we work hard at it, and it’s not sort of like, oh, well, I guess let’s do [an album]. We write songs. We write stuff that’s about our lives and about today.”
Harry then explained how that when she works with Chris Stein that he “usually comes in with a demo of the track”, which “has happened from Day 1”. She continued, “I would say, ‘Chris, what are you thinking when you’re writing this music? What’s going through your head? Are you saying any particular phrase? Are you thinking of a particular word? Were you thinking about a special evening or a special event, a special movie?'”
