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Finally, Primus Set To Release First Studio Album In 11 Years

• 1st Jul 2011

Primus will be releasing their first studio album in 11 years on September 12th, it has been announced..

Entitled Green Naugahyde, the record was produced and engineered by Les Claypool in his own Rancho Relaxo studios in Northern California.

Says Claypool: “If I were to look at all of our records, it seems like this is reminiscent of the early stuff. Obviously, with Jay there’s a newness to it, but because he left the band right before we recorded our first record, his approach has an eerie harkening to the old Frizzle Fry days.”

Les Claypool references drummer Jay Lane – who was in an early line up of the band, as well as Sausage – a 1994 reunion of the 1988 Primus line up.

“Even back in the old days people would always ask me, ‘How long is Primus going to go on’ and I would always say ‘It’s going to go until it’s not fun anymore’ and at the end of the day it just wasn’t fun anymore so we stopped,” Claypool explains. “I think giving it this much time to sit and ferment or whatever the hell you want to call it has made it fun again.”

You can catch Primus live on July 12th at the Manchester Academy, and on July 13th at London's Brixton Academy. More information can be found by following this link.

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