Brian Wilson's 11th solo album announced today

[Wirestone]

So here's a question: What's that kind of weird almost reverse-fill that the drums do a lot of the time in Brian's tunes?  You can hear it at about 1:09 and 1:15 in "From there to Back Again." It's also in "This Whole World." I've just never heard it discussed, and I'm sure there's a name for it.

[Generation42]

So here's a question: What's that kind of weird almost reverse-fill that the drums do a lot of the time in Brian's tunes?  You can hear it at about 1:09 and 1:15 in "From there to Back Again." It's also in "This Whole World." I've just never heard it discussed, and I'm sure there's a name for it.

I'm a guitarist, so I may lack a drummer's terminology, but I checked out FTtBA, and it's just a series of simple snare fills, but the hook is that they're played dynamically, from quiet to loud.  Almost sneaking up on you.  It's a nice technique.

Same thing on "This Whole World," only the toms are introduced to the fills.

[Wrightfan]

Some more info on the album:
http://www.brianwilson.com/news/

VERY interesting stuff here.

[joshferrell]

Yay !!!! three albums worth of material...including "the suite"..

[coco1997]

Well, it says "three records", but later in the article it says something about them having recorded a dozen songs. I think the 'three records' quote was referring to the fact that he's working with three distinct styles of music all at one time. Anyway, we finally have some titles:

"Right Time"
"Guess You Had To Be There"
"Metropolis"

[Rocker]

If it really is that good then it indeed is unfortunate that it's no Beach Boys album. The description makes it sound like Beach Boys albums from the late 60s. Anyway, I'm very interested to hear the music

[Amy B.]

Brian's new addiction. The guy really hasn't changed. 

'After lunch, Wilson asks a studio engineer to place an order for "supershots" – a viscous concoction of wheatgrass, spiraling and cayenne pepper, with a lime chaser. The rest of the group gags to get it down, but Wilson savors his. "I love the energy! I feel great already!" he says. "You think if I give them, like $100 they'll deliver eight or 10 of these to my house?

"I'm 70 years old," Wilson continues, leaning over the console, "but when I get to work I feel like I'm in my twenties again. I don't know why. I'm just in the groove."'

[hypehat]

Very interesting! Hope he pulls it off, instead of 12 tracks hodgepodging the three projects together....

Really heartening to hear Al is featuring a lot on it, too.

Oh my god, that concoction sounds revolting.

[Shady]

This sounds incredible

[southbay]

If it really is that good then it indeed is unfortunate that it's no Beach Boys album. The description makes it sound like Beach Boys albums from the late 60s. Anyway, I'm very interested to hear the music

This.  But you know what I'm selfishly thinking?  We can all make one heckuva playlist out of all this stuff in a few months.  The best of TWGMTR, Brian's/Al's/David's upcoming tunes, the officially released Soul Searchin' and YSAM...

[Rocker]

If it really is that good then it indeed is unfortunate that it's no Beach Boys album. The description makes it sound like Beach Boys albums from the late 60s. Anyway, I'm very interested to hear the music

This.  But you know what I'm selfishly thinking?  We can all make one heckuva playlist out of all this stuff in a few months.  The best of TWGMTR, Brian's/Al's/David's upcoming tunes, the officially released Soul Searchin' and YSAM...

Wel, you could. But I'm fine with TWGMTR as it is. Looking forward to official releases of Soul Searching and "Mystery". The new album will be a Brian release with contributions by Al and David to me, just what it will be 
Who would have thought just 1 1/2 years ago that Brian would want to work with other Beach Boys?

[Quzi]

Really exciting stuff. I'm amped!

[ontor pertawst]

Well, it says "three records", but later in the article it says something about them having recorded a dozen songs. I think the 'three records' quote was referring to the fact that he's working with three distinct styles of music all at one time.

Well, it says "Over a lunch of takeout chicken tacos, Wilson plays back a dozen unfinished songs" not that there are only a dozen unfinished songs existing. If you're talking three albums, you'd probably have more in the bank than that. Maybe he didn't play the journalist the suite tracks, maybe he was just playing a selection, maybe Joe Thomas was operating VLC player. But we're getting track titles at last! Oooo, speculation. A great 71st birthday gift.
 

[rab2591]

Thanks for posting that Wrightfan! Exciting news!

[Seaside Woman]

I would love to slap my money down on the counter for a double album from Brian but I'd take three separate albums, too. it sounds like he's smokin'. Bring it on!

[Amy B.]

Is it really his 11th solo album?

BW88
IJWMFTT
Imagination
Roxy
Gettin In Over My Head
BWPS (solo?)
Christmas album
TLOS
Disney
Gershwin

Well, I'll be. Wow. Okay, so it's only 4 albums of original material (aside from BWPS). But still.
I wonder if there's enough for a best-of, since most here are in agreement that his stuff has some very high "highs."

[Shady]

I could compile a very solid best of out of those 10 albums

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Is it really his 11th solo album?

BW88
IJWMFTT
Orange Crate Art
Imagination
Roxy
Gettin In Over My Head
BWPS (solo?)
Christmas album
TLOS
Disney
Gershwin

Well, I'll be. Wow. Okay, so it's only 4 albums of original material (aside from BWPS). But still.
I wonder if there's enough for a best-of, since most here are in agreement that his stuff has some very high "highs."

Roxy shouldn't count, otherwise you gotta count Pet Sounds Live. Better to count "Orange Crate Art", even though he was only a singer....still, his name was listed first.

[Rocker]

Is it really his 11th solo album?

BW88
IJWMFTT
Orange Crate Art
Imagination
Roxy
Gettin In Over My Head
BWPS (solo?)
Christmas album
TLOS
Disney
Gershwin

Well, I'll be. Wow. Okay, so it's only 4 albums of original material (aside from BWPS). But still.
I wonder if there's enough for a best-of, since most here are in agreement that his stuff has some very high "highs."

Roxy shouldn't count, otherwise you gotta count Pet Sounds Live. Better to count "Orange Crate Art", even though he was only a singer....still, his name was listed first.

Word is that he also arranged the vocals.

[Jonathan Blum]

Oh my god, that concoction sounds revolting.

Sounds like something he'd get from H.E.L.P. to me.  :-)  That more than anything says he's back in his '20s mindset!

Cheers,
Jon Blum

[Matt Bielewicz]

Oh my god, that concoction sounds revolting.

Wheatgrass and cayenne pepper I'm familiar with - but what is 'spiraling'? Something that has a different name in American English than it does in British English?

EDIT: I think, after looking this up, it's a typo for 'spirulina'. Sounds yummy... not.

[c-man]

Is it really his 11th solo album?

BW88
IJWMFTT
Orange Crate Art
Imagination
Roxy
Gettin In Over My Head
BWPS (solo?)
Christmas album
TLOS
Disney
Gershwin

Well, I'll be. Wow. Okay, so it's only 4 albums of original material (aside from BWPS). But still.
I wonder if there's enough for a best-of, since most here are in agreement that his stuff has some very high "highs."

Roxy shouldn't count, otherwise you gotta count Pet Sounds Live. Better to count "Orange Crate Art", even though he was only a singer....still, his name was listed first.

Word is that he also arranged the vocals.

In interviews, Brian stated that Van Dyke did the vocal arrangements...he said he would come in, Van Dyke would teach him a part, he would sing it, then Van Dyke would teach him another part & he would sing that, etc.  And Brian's name is listed first on the front and on the left spine, but Van Dyke's name is listed first on the right spine. 

[Wirestone]

Is it really his 11th solo album?

BW88
IJWMFTT
Orange Crate Art
Imagination
Roxy
Gettin In Over My Head
BWPS (solo?)
Christmas album
TLOS
Disney
Gershwin

Well, I'll be. Wow. Okay, so it's only 4 albums of original material (aside from BWPS). But still.
I wonder if there's enough for a best-of, since most here are in agreement that his stuff has some very high "highs."

Roxy shouldn't count, otherwise you gotta count Pet Sounds Live. Better to count "Orange Crate Art", even though he was only a singer....still, his name was listed first.

Word is that he also arranged the vocals.

In interviews, Brian stated that Van Dyke did the vocal arrangements...he said he would come in, Van Dyke would teach him a part, he would sing it, then Van Dyke would teach him another part & he would sing that, etc.  And Brian's name is listed first on the front and on the left spine, but Van Dyke's name is listed first on the right spine.  

AGD and I had a back and forth on this a year or two ago, and the consensus seemed to be that Brian was indeed the uncredited vocal arranger for the album. Here's a rhetorical question: What other Van Dyke Parks album features any level of complex, multi-part vocal arrangements that just happen to sound exactly like the kind of thing Brian Wilson does? As for Brian's statements at the time, IIRC, they were more along the lines of "Van Dyke taught me this song line by line," which is considerably different than "part by part."

Also: In his contemporaneous book, Timothy White credits Brian with the vocal arrangements as well.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Plus VDP states that Brian came up with the vocal arrangements for the title track on the OCA "Words + Music" CD.

[ontor pertawst]

Sure would be fun to hear Orange Crate Art live. Maybe with Al on the verses, Brian doing the bridge! As the sun sets at the Greek Theatre? Yes please.

Showstopping applause as VDP trundles up all dapper and pushes Brian aside at the keyboard.