DATE:
JANUARY 15, 2003
FROM:
MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/LATHUM NELSON
ALANIS
MORISSETTE READY TO TAKE ON 'SO-CALLED CHAOS'
APRIL
13
FIRST
SINGLE AND VIDEO IS ‘EVERYTHING’
"I
want to invite this so-called chaos that you think I dare not be"
--from
the song "So-Called Chaos”
ALANIS
MORISSETTE will release her new album
SO-CALLED CHAOS April 13 on Maverick Records. Co-produced by
ALANIS, John Shanks and Tim Thorney, the album features 10 new songs written by
ALANIS that set her free-flowing vocals, luminescent melodies and fervent
introspection in a seamless mix of rock, pop, folk, electronic and Eastern
stylings. The seven-time Grammy Award winner will shoot a video for the
album’s first single “Everything”-due out February 23.
SO-CALLED
CHAOS marks ALANIS’ fourth Maverick
studio album, following 2002’s three million worldwide-seller, the critically
acclaimed UNDER RUG SWEPT, which she also wrote and self-produced. SO-CALLED
CHAOS also comes on the heels of FEAST ON SCRAPS, the combination
DVD/CD package (released in late 2002) that contained eight songs that
didn't make it onto UNDER RUG SWEPT.
This
time around, MORISSETTE chose to share producing responsibilities. “I had
spent a few years rising to my own occasion in terms of wanting to see, out of
curiosity, what producing a record on my own would be like,” Morissette
explains. “Then once I tasted what that was like, I realized my favorite
aspect of making a record was the writing of it. This way was so much more
relaxing for me.”
The
sessions for SO-CALLED CHAOS--held primarily at Groove Masters studio in
Santa Monica, California--featured performances from MORISSETTE’s touring band
(guitarists David Levita and Jason Orme; bassist Eric Avery; keyboardist Zac
Rae; and drummer Blair Sinta) as well as some favorite associates of Shanks,
including drummer Kenny Aronoff.
SO-CALLED
CHAOS
builds on elements from all of ALANIS’ albums: it moves from the rockers
“Eight Easy Steps” and “Excuses,” to the mid-tempo, introspective pop
songs “Out Is Through” and “Everything,” to songs like “So-Called
Chaos” and “Spineless,” both of which combine emotionally gripping lyrics with
adventurous soundscapes.
MORISSETTE
is excited to take the songs from SO-CALLED CHAOS on the road. “I am
beside myself with anticipation to tour,” she says. “I’m really excited to
travel the world even more than I have over the last couple of years. In keeping
with wanting my life to be a little bit more balanced, I’d love to make it
that I’m touring whether I have a record out or not, and the tours themselves
won’t be breakneck year-and-a-half tours. I choose to balance everything out a
little bit more. We also recorded 14 acoustic songs from the last five
records--including this one—with the intention of releasing that mid year. I
am inspired to balance my energy expenditure and my energy rejuvenation,
regardless of what it is that I’m doing with my days.”
The
complete track listing for SO-CALLED CHAOS:
Eight
Easy Steps
Out Is Through
Excuses
Doth I Protest Too Much
Knees Of My Bees
Not All Me
So-Called Chaos
This Grudge
Spineless
Everything
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