Posted October 9, 200618 yr It Won't Be Soon Before Long is the title of the new Maroon 5 album. It will be out on Nov 14 and it's produced by Mike Elizondo and Spike Stent. Ryan has left the band. From EW: The curse of a hit single is that you have to play that tune every...single...night. Maroon 5's Adam Levine has suffered this affliction. ''I can play 'This Love' in my sleep, blindfolded, underwater, bound and gagged,'' he jokes about the tune that transformed the quintet from struggling funk-rockers into one of the biggest blue-eyed-soul acts since Hall & Oates. Fortunately for Levine, when the L.A. band begins its next tour, it'll have a whole new batch of songs to draw from. Specifically, those from their second album, tentatively titled (according to Levine) It Won't Be Soon Before Long. That nonsensical moniker was inspired by their frantic concert schedule over the past four years. ''Towards the very end [of the tour] we were just fried and we needed to keep ourselves motivated,'' says Levine. '''It won't be soon before long' felt like a nice mantra to help me accept the reality that this wasn't going to get any easier.'' After playing some 700 gigs around the globe while promoting Songs About Jane, their 2002 quadruple-platinum debut, the band returned to L.A. last fall. They unpacked, did laundry, and headed into the studio with a production team including Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine) and veteran U.K. mixer/engineer Spike Stent (U2, Madonna). ''I think our first album was a little weak and limp at times,'' says Levine. ''Mike and Spike made the new one pound a lot harder. It's sexier and stronger. We're taking sexy back!'' While maintaining their pop vibe, the new CD is more hyperactive and flirts with '80s-style grooves influenced by Talking Heads and Controversy-era Prince. A possible first single is the revenge fantasy ''Wake Up Call,'' which Levine describes as ''a darker, slightly reggae-tinged version of 'This Love.' I like the possibility that this could be a radio-friendly, accessible club banger, but it's about double murder!'' Unlike the straight-from-the-diary lyrics of Jane, Maroon 5's sophomore disc isn't based on a specific bout of relationship drama. ''The songs are still very personal, but there's no 'Jane' this time,'' says Levine. ''[The songs] are just a culmination of all the craziness that's been taking place in my life over the past four years...and it's obviously been pretty insane.'' Say it with us, Adam: It won't be soon before long. Let's say "pop" :huh: :blink: LifeLight
October 9, 200618 yr Hmmm I really liked their first album but they were another big new band in 2004 that commericial radio raped to the point of seizure. Am looking forward to hearing new material ^_^
October 9, 200618 yr I liked their first album, I listened to a few songs but didn't really get into it, however, it was a good album. Their 2nd album will be interesting :D
October 9, 200618 yr I don't think they'll ever top 'Harder To Breathe' for me, but I'm intrigued to see what they come up with for their return.
October 10, 200618 yr harder to breathe was great but so far this love is th ebest from them for me Agree with that totally.
October 10, 200618 yr I don't think they'll ever top 'Harder To Breathe' for me Harder To Breathe was easily there best track :wub:
October 10, 200618 yr Which one's Ryan? The drummer. He has been replaced by someone called Matt Flyn.
October 11, 200618 yr Is Nov 14th not a Tuesday? Something tells me this is American... I hope they flop this time around. Awful band.
October 11, 200618 yr yep preaty dull band looking back, like em at the time though :) Harder to breath was a cracking song though :)
October 11, 200618 yr I hope they flop this time around. Awful band. Oh I'm sure they won't or at least I certainly hope they don't.
October 11, 200618 yr I'm quite looking forward to this - I loved Harder To Breath, This Love and She Will Be Loved. The album was OK too.
October 12, 200618 yr didn't realise the album's released so soon! haven;t heard a single from them yet though... I :heart: Songs About Jane and I'm looking forward to hearing some new stuff from them soon :o I'm quite shocked that Ryan's left, they'd been together for ages... from their myspace: A MESSAGE FROM RYAN TO THE MAROON 5 FAMILY: Due to the rigors of touring, I have sustained joint and nerve injuries that have made me unable to continue performing as a drummer in a touring rock band. I am therefore leaving Maroon 5 to pursue songwriting and producing on my own, a process I have already begun with much enthusiasm. The split is amicable, and I have made my peace with this unfortunate reality, because I feel that I have a lot of music still to make. I worked in the creative process and production of the new M5 album with the title Musical Director, and I hope to collaborate with the band again in the future. I am still close friends with the guys, including my replacement, Matt Flynn, to whom I wish good luck and much success. I would also like to thank all of you who have supported me for many years, and I hope to create music for you in the near future. Its been an incredible twelve years since Adam, Jesse, Mickey and I started this band. Now I begin a new phase in my life, to which I look forward graciously. Thank you, and I love you all.
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