Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has confirmed that the bandโs new album is almost finished.
In an interview with Rolling Stone he says the band are working on mixing the new tracks this week:
โItโs really close. Weโve started to mix. Weโve mixed a couple of the songs already, but I guess this week weโre really kind of rolling into mix mode. We have a couple of tracks left to finish up, just to put some overdubs on, but weโre kind of going from the final, final recording tracks to mixing this week.โ
He also confirmed that the band will release a new single โin three or four weeksโ. It will be the first release from their 15th studio album โ the follow-up to 2004โs Honkinโ On Bobo โ which will be produced by Jack Douglas, the man behind 1975โs Toys In The Attic.
Speaking of the new material, Perry said: โThe recordโs gonna sound modern and hi-fi. Weโre not sitting around going, โWeโre gonna do Night In The Ruts again or Rocks againโ. We want to make a modern sounding record, but the main thing is the energy that the early records had.โ
The bandโs singer Steven Tyler has previously said that they are hoping to release their new record in July. One track, โLegendary Childโ, which is likely to feature on the record, will also appear on the G.I. Joe: Retaliation film soundtrack.