King Crimson haven’t launched a studio album since 2003’s The Energy To Consider. Since then, the English prog-rock legends have gone on excursions, endured lineup adjustments, and shared a slew of dwell LPs. Just a few years in the past there was a documentary concerning the band known as In The Courtroom Of The Crimson King; across the similar time, the group’s co-founder Ian McDonald handed away. King Crimson had been thought of over as of 2022, however now they’re apparently engaged on the long-awaited followup to The Energy To Consider.
In a brand new interview with Goldmine Journal, Jakko Jakszyk mentioned becoming a member of King Crimson in 2013. “It was a tremendous factor to have achieved, and in a method, a part of it’s nonetheless occurring,” he defined. “As we communicate, we’re doing a King Crimson studio album.”
“When that can come out and what format or how — that’s past my temporary,” he added. “However yeah, we’ve been doing it piecemeal, after which a few months in the past, the administration stated, ‘Can we?’ So, yeah. I’ve been recording that with a view to it popping out in some format sooner or later. However who is aware of when?”
He confirmed that it’ll embody unreleased tracks they debuted on dwell albums and have the newest King Crimson lineup. Together with himself, that lineup has Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Jeremy Stacey. The unique lineup was Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Michael Giles, and Peter Sinfield.
Learn the complete interview right here.
