Bush main man Gavin Rossdale spoke about his decision to make the band's new album a heavier affair in a new interview with Los Angeles radio station KLOS.
Rossdale said about the band's upcoming eighth LP, The Kingdom, “When I made this record, it was after two years of getting my life back on track, of touring, getting great new management. It just felt like the right thing to do, having played live so much.”
Rossdale continued, “I wasn't interested in making songs or making a record that I don't expect to be in the set. (I didn't want to) make some midtempo ballads, get that done, get the record out, and then go play the old songs. That's the opposite of what I want.”
The Kingdom is due out on July 17th and follows up 2017's Black And White Rainbows. Rossdale said about that record, which was written in the wake of his divorce from Gwen Stefani, “It came out at a really difficult time in my life and (had) some really heavy moments on it. There were some achingly sad songs on there . . . it was a really hard time in my life, as anyone who's got divorced knows.”
The first single from The Kingdom, “Flowers On A Grave,” was unveiled in March. The group, which broke up in 2002 but reunited in 2010, has released three albums since reforming.