In a new conversation with Pablo of the Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station 93X, Chad Gray spoke about how their writing sessions for the next album go.
The singer discussed how he and his bandmates are pressured to produce music that lives up to fans’ expectations:
“Honestly, dude, if we were to go into a studio situation and we were to record something, if every single f*cking person on our team — us, the producer, our f*cking manager, our f*cking lawyer — if everyone on our team is not f*cking jumping up and down and high-fiving, then it ain’t worth putting out.”
Gray wants to create timeless music with Mudvayne:
“That’s just me — I only wanna put out f*cking great sh*t. And with great sh*t, [I mean] timeless. You wanna create timeless music, and you have to ask yourself the question, ‘Is that timeless? Is this timeless music or is this a f*cking fad? Are we following something here or are we leading something here?’”
Gray Previously Spoke About The New Album
Mudayne released their latest self-titled album in 2009. The upcoming record will be their first effort after reuniting in 2021. During a March appearance on The Jesea Lee Show, Chad again talked about the new album, saying:
“We’re just trying to figure out where we want it to go. Right now, we’ve got some, you can call them whole songs ’cause they have a start and a finish, but I feel like they’re kind of half-songs. I just don’t think they’re realized yet. I don’t think we have figured out exactly how we want this to play out with what we’re doing in our business or how we want it to sonically sound.”
Gray said he doesn’t want to just repeat the style of their debut album, ‘L.D. 50.’ He thinks their songwriting improved over time and mentioned that ‘The New Game’ is one of his favorite albums. He feels it shows their unique style and that they finally found their groove.
You can watch the rest of his chat below.