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Self-funded album, written and produced with Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, announced on CD and Vinyl for March 18, 2016.
The title is emblematic in itself, in the series - everything changes and transforms.
Iggy says that this work falls into the grooves of "Lust For Life" (an album from 1977 produced by David Bowie): A reference to the Berlin period that marked his return to the scene with "The Idiot" and "Lust For Life."
OK, but here I don't find that energy: There isn't the hypnotic and deviant R’n’R of "The Idiot" nor the tight punk-era compositional rhythm of "Lust For Life."
Iggy is sick of thunderous amplifiers, harsh and hard guitars, contortions behind the microphone stand, all stuff that with the Stooges made legend: He says that his energy is now limited and this could be his last album.
There are slight hints of the past: In the whimsical "American Valhalla" I find the "China Girl" of "The Idiot (1977)," and in "Paraguay," I almost hear the chorus of "Pumpin’ For Jill" from "Party (1981)"…
Everything is well orchestrated by Josh Homme in the guitar textures; Iggy's voice is not corrupted, beautifully mellow and deep, but no longer scratches.
It's an Iggy Pop that doesn't act like Iggy Pop, something he once did well amidst rhythms and provocations, thinking despite himself of the Dum Dum Boys (the Asheton Brothers) …
Time has passed, now Iggy no longer wants to play the bad guy and seeks his "Gardenia."
Where are You?
His is the life of a survivor, the only one still possible for him; old age waiting for something that no longer returns.
OK, he belongs to the collective imagination of R’n’R and I have already forgiven him for all the dull and confused trials.
Live dates are already scheduled in America and Europe, currently not in Italy.
Question: But how can you not love this man?
The wind and the lion, Iggy!
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