Andy Summers was the quiet cop. Well, lets face it he was third fiddle in Stings band of blondes. But he is back with a brand new band and I gotta say- Im intrigued. Circa Zero is the name of his new band. He’s joined by Rob Giles of the band The Rescues and drummer Emmanuelle Caplette. Argh, another trio!
Heres the weird part- they have an entire album ready to go- but theyre unsure when and if it will be released. Andy spoke to Rolling Stone and stated,
” There’s a lot of interest, but it’s like everything else now – should we do this or should we do that, go the internet route or go a different route?” says Summers. “But we want to get it out pretty soon because we finished the record – it’s completely mastered.
”Rob Giles adds that Summer is back blazing on guitar. “All our songs trudge like rock. There’s one that’s an odd time [signature], the ballad, but it’s not a power ballad about a girl so much. Everything else is really full energy, not that that one isn’t.“As a fan of Andy’s I enjoy all of his solo work, but f*** that – he gets to rock, and we haven’t heard this virtually ever.”
Summers adds, of the songs: “They’ve all got a lot of energy. It’s almost an album with 10 or 11 singles. They’ve all got strong attitudes and hooks, which is what we were intending to write.”
Hmmm… odd. I cant help but wonder if it will be Police like- regardless it will always be compared to the ‘Do do do, da da da’. At least he isnt a blow hard like Sting. Not yet anyway, stay tuned for release details.