Tim Burgess has exclusively revealed to Hot Press that he is in the stages of working on a second solo album. This album will follow up his first, I Believe, which was released in 2003.

He has come to the UK from his LA home to work on the record in The Charlatans’ London studio and is currently in the midst of sessions for the album, which he says will feature performances from other artists.

“I like hanging out with people who make music and I like coming to London to do that,” says Burgess. “So I’ve been making music with Josh from The Horrors and Steff fom Klaxons. It’s meant to be a solo record but really it’s more like a collaboration record.”

As for the sound of the album so far, Burgess says the songs are true breeds of all three bands.

“We did the first tracks last Christmas and they sound, unsurprisingly, like a cross between The Charlatans, The Horrors and Klaxons – a Charlatans verse, a Klaxons middle-eight and a Horrors chorus,” he says.

Burgess says he doesn’t think we’ll have to wait too long to listen to the record.

“I think there will be an album soon,” he says. “Ladyhawke sang on it and Kevin Shields is coming to play on it next week.”

For more, see the next issue of Hot Press, on stands this Thursday 5 November.

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