Après un an d’espoir, Serj Tankian souffle le froid concernant un nouvel album de System Of A Down. Le frontman a expliqué dans sa récente interview pour Rolling Stone, pointant le fait que le groupe tournait quand même ensemble, qu’il y avait une énorme différence entre tourner, jouer des titres déjà éprouvés (bien plus aisé à son sens) et le fait d’enregistrer de nouvelles compositions.
« That’s the funny thing. When people don’t see a record, they assume the worst about your internal relationship. But the truth is we’re actually better friends – at least I’m better friends with everyone than I’ve ever been. John‘s my brother-in-law; he’s in my family. We have a great time together touring.
But sometimes putting together a record, and that creative output and how things should be done, is different in four people’s heads and it doesn’t always come together. Fortunate or unfortunate, however you want to call it, that’s the truth. But touring is easy, because you’ve done all these songs. You have fun, you go out and tour, and that’s it.”
Et si le groupe dispose bien de 15 nouveaux titres, il ne s’étend pas sur son implication à ce propos (que de nombreux articles nient). Il explique néanmoins ne pas vouloir forcément consacrer 2 ans de sa vie à la promo d’un nouveau disque.
“I have a bunch of rock songs I’ve been sitting on. I’m still trying to decide what to do with them [laughs]. Maybe I’ll put out an EP or something. Having a young family, I really enjoy being home with my kid. When you put out a proper record with a band, you’re doing videos and press and touring, and you’re dedicating a few years to marketing your record. I’m at a point where that’s not what I want to do.
I’m happy to sit down have a few chats about a film score that I’m doing, because that’s easy, but dedicating two years to one project like that is difficult. That’s why I’m afraid of putting out my own record – not afraid, but don’t want to make that time dedication right now. So I might just put it out as an EP on iTunes and Spotify and do a few interviews and just let it be.”
Source : ThePRP