Bigger on the Inside

REM are guests at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin Texas and played to a packed out but cold (by the looks of it) Stubbs BBQ. It appears that they went down really well. At least the reviews are quite good. If the new material that I have heard from their forthcoming record is anything to go by then they seem to have regained their mojo somewhat.

If you head on over to REM HQ (link provided below) you will be able to hear the new single (Supernatural Superserious). It is old school REM, the track would sit really happily on Document or albums of that period. There are two other tracks that you can hear excerpt from; Until the Day is Done is more acoustic in a Green mould. Horse to Water is destined to be a live classic it bristles with energy and spark just like REM songs used to.

For the first time in years I am looking forward to an REM album. Either I got old or they got good again. I hope for my sake that it is the latter.

[R.E.M.HQ: ALBUMS]