Is it likely some of those Wingbeats songs will be absorbed into the new Mother Hips’ record?
Yes. ‘Cause some of them were Mother Hips songs that were absorbed into my solo project [laughs], that will be reabsorbed into The Mother Hips. So songs like I’m No Good, Deep Space Team, Why Try Hard When You’re Number One… those are songs that The Mother Hips recorded in the studio [for the Wingbeats project]. So I could just use those recordings but I don’t think I will because we’re really trying to go for a cohesive sound and we may rerecord them with different instrumentation. I think the new Mother Hips LP will be just like a Crazy Horse kinda thing, with two guitars, bass and drums. Not all that produced, y’know. Coming after ‘Green Hills of Earth’ which was essentially that, but was cooked, with lots of layering… I think we’re gonna accomplish that kind of fullness but without so many overdubs. Recent songs like Envelope Please and Colonized highlight aspects of the entertainment industry that have little to do with creativity and artistic integrity. How do you reconcile any m
