NEW YORK (Maverick Records announcement/Alanis Official Website) -
Alanis Morissette will release her new album
"So-Called Chaos" April 13 on
Maverick Records. Co-produced by Alanis, John Shanks and Tim Thorney, the album features 10 new songs written by Alanis that set her free-flowing vocals, luminescent melodies and fervent introspection in a seamless mix of rock, pop, folk, electronic and Eastern stylings.
The seven-time Grammy Award winner will shoot a video for the album's
first single "Everything" - due out February 23.
"So-Called Chaos" marks Alanis' fourth Maverick studio album, following 2002's three million worldwide-seller, the critically acclaimed "Under Rug Swept", which she also wrote and self-produced. "So-Called Chaos" also comes on the heels of Feast On Scraps, the combination DVD/CD package (released in late 2002) that contained eight songs that didn't make it onto Under Rug Swept.
This time around, Morissette chose to share producing responsibilities. "I had spent a few years rising to my own occasion in terms of wanting to see, out of curiosity, what producing a record on my own would be like," Morissette explains. "Then once I tasted what that was like, I realized my favorite aspect of making a record was the writing of it. This way was so much more relaxing for me."
The sessions for "So-Called Chaos" - held primarily at Groove Masters studio in Santa Monica, California - featured performances from Morissette's touring band (guitarists David Levita and Jason Orme; bassist Eric Avery; keyboardist Zac Rae; and drummer Blair Sinta) as well as some favorite associates of Shanks, including drummer Kenny Aronoff.
"So-Called Chaos" builds on elements from all of Alanis' albums: it moves from the rockers "Eight Easy Steps" and "Excuses," to the mid-tempo, introspective pop songs "Out Is Through" and "Everything," to songs like ""So-Called Chaos"" and "Spineless," both of which combine emotionally gripping lyrics with adventurous soundscapes.
Morissette is excited to take the songs from "So-Called Chaos" on the road. "I am beside myself with anticipation to tour," she says. "I'm really excited to travel the world even more than I have over the last couple of years. In keeping with wanting my life to be a little bit more balanced, I'd love to make it that I'm touring whether I have a record out or not, and the tours themselves won't be breakneck year-and-a-half tours. I choose to balance everything out a little bit more. We also recorded 14 acoustic songs from the last five records - including this one-with the intention of releasing that mid year. I am inspired to balance my energy expenditure and my energy rejuventation, regardless of what it is that I'm doing with my days."
The complete track listing for "So-Called Chaos":
Eight Easy Steps
Out Is Through
Excuses
Doth I Protest Too Much
Knees Of My Bees
Not All Me
So-Called Chaos
This Grudge
Spineless
Everything
