Gnarls Barkley follow-up slated for holiday season

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Above: Gnarls in Charge

Brian Joseph Burton, aka Danger Mouse, has the new Gnarls Barkley album on his iPod. But since petty theft is generally discouraged, Billboard settled for a listen of a song-that-will-not-be-named from an album-that-will-not-be-named.
Described as “an even deeper slice of soul” than anything from the group's 2006 debut St. Elsewhere, the preview song was outfitted with an acoustic melody that stepped back for Cee-Lo’s forceful vocal performance. Burton declined to name or even talk about the track.

But he did spill a little about their recording process.

“No song is ever done until we have all the material together,” Burton told Billboard. “When we have enough songs to the point where we have an album’s worth, then we’ll go in and start finishing them together, so they have a cohesiveness to them, and we know where they fit with each other.”

Gnarls Barkley, a duo shrouded in as much (if not more) mystery as the White Stripes, is being tightlipped about the new album on label Downtown/Atlantic. Having donned Star Wars and nautical get-up in the past, we have to wonder what’s next: Harry Potter? Transformers? Scott Baio circa 1985?

All we know is that the album exists, and that it’s anywhere from "two weeks to two months" from completion, says Burton.

Related links:
GnarlsBarkley.com
Gnarls Barkley on MySpace
Paste Review of St. Elsewhere

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