Scissor Sisters Hit the Studio to Work on New Album

Posted on Jan 16th 2008 12:30PM by Jolie Lash
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It's only early days, but the Scissor Sisters are back in their studio, working on the follow up to 2006's 'Ta-Dah!' "Just started," frontman Jake Shears tells Spinner. "We took a month or two [off] -- kind of getting back into the city, moved into a new place. And now, we're kind of going on this Scissor stuff."

The flashy New York City five-piece are currently forcing themselves to hit the studio on a daily basis, to pen a host of new tunes. So far, Shears said they've come up with a handful of new "really dancy" pop numbers and at least one sparkling rendition of someone else's song.

"We've started out with a really cool cover, which I'm not even gonna say what it is," Shears says coyly. "I mean, no one would know anyway. It's a pretty obscure song."

One song Shears was willing to hint at was a track he and guitarist Baby Daddy wrote with Aussie pop star Kylie Minogue. Originally written for Minogue's album, Shears said the Sisters might take it back for their own effort. "There's a great song that we wrote together that is definitely in the experimental vein," he says. "It's a song that I love and I think Scissors might record it."

Shears said its too soon to set a release date on the next record, in part due to him pulling double duty -- the singer is helping to pen a musical to Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City.' Since his pal, Jeff Whitty, sent him a note asking him what he thought of the books a year ago, Shears has been coming up with ideas and melodies.

"Over a year ago, I got a note from him saying, 'What do you think of 'Tales of the City?' I'm crazy about 'Tales!' I grew up on the books," Shears enthuses. "They were a big part of my teenager-hood. They're just great, great books with amazing characters and I love the era. My heart just started racing. I got very excited about it."

He's spent almost a year working on the project already, amassing 15 numbers. "It's poppy and since there's no arrangement yet, all of our writing is just piano and my voice," he explains. "As it take shape, it's gonna even take on more of a style."