Garbage are in the studio working on a new album, “looking for the shards of life and humanity”

Garbage have revealed that they are currently in the studio working on a new album.

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The Shirley Manson-fronted band released their seventh and latest full-length record, ‘No Gods No Masters’, in 2021. During a recent interview with NME, Garbage reflected on the positive reaction to the LP and spoke about what’s to come.

“I was really delighted that ‘No Gods No Masters’ was received so well because we had no expectations whatsoever,” Manson explained.

“Going into this next record, I feel a shift. I’m trying to dampen my outrage. As a society, we’ve become so beaten down and broken-hearted. I’m trying to reach for something that’s a little bigger than me, because if I don’t then I’m going to drown in my own dismay.”

When asked where that feeling of dismay had come from, the NME Icon Award-winner talked about undergoing a hip replacement after falling off stage in 2016, which she said led to “excruciating pain”.

“I also lost my dog, which doesn’t sound like much but it has literally ruined my life,” Manson told NME. “The loss of her has coloured everything. Having a body that didn’t work, losing the joy of my life, it’s been a real challenge to try and get myself back up and not be destructive with my depression and my rage. They always need to be tempered.”

She continued: “I’ve been managing to go through that struggle and meet the world, which is demonic. Everything I’m seeing on my social feeds feels demonic. All of us are fighting that on a daily basis and it’s poisoning everything. We all need to fight to not let our hearts become ice-cold.”

Manson went on to describe Garbage’s next album as “a searchlight”, adding: “After scorching the earth, we’re coming out of a filthy cave with a searchlight. We’re looking for shards of life and humanity.”

As for when fans could expect to hear the band’s new record, Manson told NME: “We are in the studio as we speak, actually. It’s supposed to be done by the end of May, and we’re on target.

“It’s amazing; we are the little engine that could but nobody ever thought would. No one ever bet on us. We are the classic underdog in a way. Our public success was a long, long time ago – and since then we’ve operated from an underdog status.”

She added: “It feels like we’ve really earned our spot on the team, which brings with it a way to enjoy that I didn’t when I was young.”

Elsewhere in the interview with NME, Manson opened up on the “devastating” time Garbage’s label chose to invest in No Doubt over them. She also spoke about working with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, calling him “the most incredible expanse of joy”.

Garbage released an expanded re-issue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’ earlier this month. They’ll embark on a UK and European headline tour this summer, which includes a show at the OVO Arena Wembley in London. Find any remaining tickets for the UK dates here.

Additionally, Manson and co. are scheduled to make appearances at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow and Mad Cool in Madrid.

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