Freebass Album Coming Soon

07/30/09 12:39pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Freebass — the three-bass supergroup that consists of former New Order member Peter Hook, ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and Primal Scream bassist Mani — have finished their debut album, which is now being mixed.

Hook made a MySpace blog entry on July 21 in which he wrote about the album. He will sing two songs on the album, while Haven's Gary Briggs will handle most of the other vocals. The as-yet-untitled album also features guest appearances from Charlatans UK singer Tim Burgess, Wah! frontman Pete Wylie and writer Howard Marks. The disc doesn't have a release date yet.

You can hear "The Tower," which is an older Freebass song, and "Sugar Daddy," a "rejected demo" of an instrumental track, on the band's MySpace page. Neither of the songs are on the album.

Interestingly enough, Bad Lieutenant, New Order singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner's new side project, just announced they'll release an album this year. Justin Richards, who engineered the Bad Lieutenant album, also worked on the Freebass record. Funny, that.

Here are the songs on the Freebass album:

"Not Too Late"
"Secrets And Lies"
"The Only Ones Alone"
"Lady Violence"
"The World Won't Wait"
"Kill Switch Pt141"
"Stalingrad" (vocals by Peter Hook)
"Plan B"
"The God Machine"
"Sister Surrender"
"Bury Me Standing"
"I'm A Believer"
"You Don't Know This About Me" (featuring Tim Burgess)
"The Milky Way Is Our Playground" (featuring Pete Wylie)
"Dark Starr" (featuring Howard Marks)
"Live Tomorrow You Go Down" (featuring Peter Hook)