Posterboy for the indie slacker ethic in the 90s, a certain Mr. Beck Hansen; has turned 40. He also appears to have hung up the bong and discovered a fearsome work ethic of late. He’s been penning film soundtracks such as ones for Twilight: Eclipse and True Blood; and collaborating in the studio with everyone from Charlotte Gainsbourg to MGMT, Bat For Lashes to Stephen Malkmus.
In a recent interview he has revealed that he recorded a new album in 2008, which he hopes to have finished by the end of this year and is debating whether to release it on vinyl or put it on his website for download. Interestingly, he’s going to have to change the proposed name of the album – Roccoco – due to a song of that name on the Arcade Fire’s recently released album The Suburbs.
When asked why the delay on a new release, Beck said: “I actually wanted to have something out last summer, that was my original plan. And then this summer. But I keep having other things come up. I spent a lot of time on that Charlotte record– I spent much more time on that record than I did on my last record.”
