Dave Matthews and Stefan Lessard perform at Dave Matthews Band’s 2012 concert in Hartford, Connecticut.
The promotional period for Dave Matthews Band’s new album, Away From the World, kicks into high gear with a new cover story in Billboard magazine.
Dave Matthews, Stefan Lessard and producer Steve Lillywhite spoke to Billboard about the Away From the World recording process, some of the album’s songs and the band members’ personal relationships.
“There’s a spontaneity in this band, and maybe an overall love of music, that drives us more than any other thing, and then the good fortune of being able to play music together that we love more than we could find music by ourselves,” Dave said. “Maybe that’s what people see in us: the love and joy we have playing together. It doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what I’m singing about when I’m writing lyrics, but I do think that’s what keeps this band together, the love of what we’re doing together.”
Dave’s comments throughout the article have a much more positive outlook than what he said in this week’s Rolling Stone, where he seemed uncertain about DMB’s future. Stefan also had positive things to say about the band’s relationships.
“When this band gets in the studio, something happens,” he said. “We hang out more, we see each other more, we eat dinners together more. In the studio, that’s the time we have to really be experimental and creative and open with each other.”
Away From the World comes out Sept. 11; to promote the album, DMB will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that week, according to Billboard. Other promotions will include a performance by Dave on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (which he taped Aug. 9) and a streaming preview of the album on iTunes.
Away From the World songs
In the Billboard article, Dave commented on some of the songs on the new album:
“Belly Belly Nice” and “Mercy”
“It’s all about sex,” he said. “… When we were putting the album together it was very funny to go from ['Belly Belly Nice'] to ‘Mercy,’ which is about love of the world and merciful love.”
“Drunken Soldier”
“There’s a simple, beautiful melody that Boyd [Tinsley] came up with, and I don’t think if we were in the studio with anyone else [besides Lillywhite] that Boyd would have felt the comfort in himself to open up to get that,” he said.
In addition, the article described “Drunken Soldier,” “The Riff” and “Snow Outside” as “set pieces” that are “sure to be live classics when they get their due onstage.”
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