Soulsavers Team Up With Indie Rock Greats on 'Broken'

Posted on Aug 18th 2009 2:00PM by Steve Baltin
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After scoring a critical and radio hit with 'Revival,' Soulsavers found themselves with a broad range of collaborators to choose from on their stellar new release, 'Broken.' The electro-soul collective, featuring former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan on vocals, picked some of indie rock's greatest frontmen, from Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Spiritualized's Jason Pierce to Faith No More's Mike Patton.

So what did they look for in assembling this who's who of vocalists? "To do something that compliments and enhances the music," Soulsavers' architect Rich Machin tells Spinner. "Every single one of them, everything they brought to the record was special. They are incredibly talented group of people to work with and it's an honor to make music with those guys."

But, come on, give us a little more, like how they got them on there. Haynes, for instance, is a frequent guest presence on other people's work. "He had actually seen us play in New York on the last record, so I don't think I really had to twist his arm," Lanegan says.

As for future projects and possible collaborators, Machin has a long list of wish partners, but a couple stand out. "The standard answer is Jimmy Page," he says. "That's always good. On the plane I was listening to the first Wu Tang Clan album on the way over here. That album still kills me and I guess I can hear bits of the production technique that they had that I've tried to bite and steal, probably nowhere near as well as they have, but that record is as influential on me as a Bob Dylan record, you know. Working with RZA or somebody like that would be really interesting. So yeah, I'd be down with hooking up with the Wu collective."

For more on 'Broken,' check out our exclusive video interview.

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