Sisters Of Mercy have 30 new songs ready
Sisters Of Mercy have written thirty new songs in the past two corona years. This is what Sisters Of Mercy frontman Andrew Eldritch says in an interview with De Morgen, a Belgian newspaper. And all this thanks to Dylan Smith, the Australian surfer boy who has been the band’s regular guitarist since 2019.
Eldritch: “He has given the band fresh energy in one way or another.”
A new record is highly unlikely though “because making records is a great way to lose a lot of money” says Eldritch who is living in Antwerp (Belgium) now. And he adds: “We are an excellent live band, so we sell enough tickets to comfortably support ourselves. So we don’t have to make records.”
If you add up all the unreleased material since the band’s last record with new songs (“Vision Thing” from 1990) you already have sixty songs which the band created but never released.
In other news, Eldritch confirms that he is indeed writing a book about science fiction movies from the Soviet Union. More news as we get it.
About The Sisters Of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy formed in Leeds, England, in 1980, founded by Andrew Eldritch (vocals) and Gary Marx (guitar). The lineup regrouped around 1981 with Craig Adams (bass) and a drum machine nicknamed Doktor Avalanche, with Eldritch moving to vocals only; guitarist Wayne Hussey joined in 1983. Each of the band’s three studio albums was recorded by a different lineup, with only Eldritch and Doktor Avalanche constant throughout: “First and Last and Always” (Merciful Release/WEA, 1985, featuring Hussey), “Floodland” (1987, featuring Patricia Morrison) and “Vision Thing” (1990, featuring Andreas Bruhn, Tim Bricheno and Tony James).
After a dispute with label WEA/East West in the early 1990s, the band halted new studio recordings; its last commercial single was “Under the Gun” (1993), and no studio album has followed. The Sisters of Mercy has operated as a touring act since, performing extensive unreleased material live and remaining independent of any record label. The current touring lineup includes Eldritch alongside guitarists Chris Catalyst, Ben Christo and Dylan Smith.
Eldritch told Belgian newspaper De Morgen the band had written roughly thirty new songs during the 2020-2021 period, crediting guitarist Dylan Smith’s arrival for the renewed activity, while saying a studio album remained unlikely given the band’s reliance on live income rather than record sales. Andrew Eldritch has said the band’s roughly thirty new songs are unlikely to become a studio album, given the band’s reliance on touring income over record sales.
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