Jefferson Starship plans to release his first album in 12 years, to be named Mother of the sun.
Guitarist David Freiberg, the only remaining original member of the group, broke the news on Kyle Meredith With’s Consequence of Sound podcast … Discussing what’s to come next for the group, he said, “We actually have one. new that will come out. I guess it will actually start dating next month. But yeah it’s called Mother of the sun. SUN.”
The first single is expected to be “It’s About Time,” a collaboration between other founding member Grace Slick, lead guitarist Jude Gold, and singer Cathy Richardson. “It’s about how it’s time for women to run the world, because look what happened,” Freiberg continued.
“It’s About Time” is not the only link to his past. “What are we waiting for?” It was inspired by a particularly favorite phrase from original leader Paul Kantner, whose death in 2016 became a catalyst for other members to create their first release since 2008. Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty. As Freiberg said, the five musicians “completely gelled” after their loss, and were blessed by the Kantner and Slick family, who retired in 1990, to continue under the name of Jefferson Starship.
The chemistry has continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they have been recording performance videos of their individual locations during the blockade, and the public can look forward to seeing them in the near future, as more details of the Mother of the Sun become known. .
“Everyone is listening to everyone all the time,” he added. “And they are all eager to get back together, which is really unusual.”
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