Deftones' Chino Moreno On Their Spacey, Morrissey-Inspired New Album - NME.com blog
By Al Horner
Excerpt:
Moreno describes the record as “out of the box” and full of “keyboards and a lot of cool, spacey low frequencies”. Recording began in Los Angeles, where Moreno and his bandmates, for the first time, came to writing sessions with no ideas or parts. Instead, they let the songs spill out of “these organic jams… it was exactly how we had to do it, a clean slate. I’ve been on this crazy Morrissey tip recently – totally obsessing over his solo records – so I brought a lot of that to the table. On those early solo records, he uses this awesome, Elvis-y delay on his vocal that I’ve been ripping off a ton.” He laughs. “He’s always been a favourite lyricist of mine – the beautiful, poetic melancholy of it all.”
Don’t expect guitarist Stephen Carpenter to switch up his usual low-slung riffs for Smithsy jangles, though. “There are definitely heavy elements to the album,” add the frontman. “But, as usual for us, the jagged and coarse bits only make the sweeter parts even sweeter.”
By Al Horner
Excerpt:
Moreno describes the record as “out of the box” and full of “keyboards and a lot of cool, spacey low frequencies”. Recording began in Los Angeles, where Moreno and his bandmates, for the first time, came to writing sessions with no ideas or parts. Instead, they let the songs spill out of “these organic jams… it was exactly how we had to do it, a clean slate. I’ve been on this crazy Morrissey tip recently – totally obsessing over his solo records – so I brought a lot of that to the table. On those early solo records, he uses this awesome, Elvis-y delay on his vocal that I’ve been ripping off a ton.” He laughs. “He’s always been a favourite lyricist of mine – the beautiful, poetic melancholy of it all.”
Don’t expect guitarist Stephen Carpenter to switch up his usual low-slung riffs for Smithsy jangles, though. “There are definitely heavy elements to the album,” add the frontman. “But, as usual for us, the jagged and coarse bits only make the sweeter parts even sweeter.”
