Blondie will release a new album this spring, a collaborative record featuring tracks penned by Sia, Charli XCX, Dev Hynes, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, the Strokes’ Nick Valensi and Johnny Marr.
For their 11th record, Pollinator, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Matt Katz- Bohen, Leigh Foxx and Tommy Kessler have enlisted an eclectic selection of songwriters to write and perform their music. In addition to the aforementioned pop and indie acts, Laurie Anderson and Joan Jett perform on some of the tracks.
“Their material is part of us and we are part of them”, says Harry of their co-writers. “It’s a celebration of recycling!”
Recorded in the now closed New York studio The Magic Shop, the venue in which David Bowie created his final two albums, Pollinator arrives over 40 years since the release of their self titled debut, and is described as “a modern take on the classic, vintage sound of one of the world’s most influential and legendary bands”.
It follows their 2014 record, Ghosts of Download, which featured a host of musicians including New York City club fixture Miss Guy, Columbian hip-hop and R&B group Systema Solar and Oakland–based Panamanian rappers Los Rakas.
Release on 5 May, fans can hear a taste of the new material with the single Fun, written by Sitek, Stein and Harry.
