In July, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith announced that the group would reconvene in October to finally begin work on their follow-up to 2006's multi-platinum Stadium Arcadium. Well, it's almost Halloween now, so how are the guys doing on the next record? ClashMusic caught up with Smith to ask about their progress. According to him, things are moving forward -- and they may be eyeing a release date for the album.
"We're gonna write for a while, it usually takes us a while," Smith said, which echoes his comments from July when he noted that the band "do a lot of improvising and jamming" when they start mapping out a new record. Asked about when we can expect the album, Smith was somewhat vague: "Some time next year, maybe this time [next year]."
That comment, of course, will inspire a lot of headline-writers to proclaim that we'll definitely receive the new RHCP record in October. But considering how noncommittal Smith's response was, I'd suggest that we consider October just to be a general timeframe for its release -- let's see how the improvising and jamming go first.
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