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"Sturgill Simpson says his new album is already finished, but don&amp;apos;t look for it in record stores anytime soon. According to a new interview in GQ, the Metamodern man plans on keeping the music close to his chest while he enjoys some downtime &amp;#x2014; and takes a breath before yet another press and touring cycle.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;What&amp;apos;s next is already finished,&amp;quot; Simpson told GQ. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t want to put it out just yet, because I know I&amp;apos;m just going to have to turn around and do what I just did all over again. Quite honestly, I need about six months at home with my family.&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, Simpson&amp;apos;s been touring since the release of Metamodern Sounds in Country Music&amp;#xA0;in 2014 &amp;#x2014; including scores of sold-out shows and a three-night run at Nashville&amp;apos;s Ryman Auditorium. He&amp;apos;s often admitted to having music in the works with producer Dave Cobb, but isn&amp;apos;t the type of artist to try out new songs on the road: he&amp;apos;s yet to play anything live that wasn&amp;apos;t a cover or didn&amp;apos;t appear on his past two records. Turns out, even his band has to embrace that sort of mystery in the studio.\r\n&amp;quot;The art is what can&amp;apos;t be put on a timeline,&amp;quot; Simpson said. &amp;quot;You can&amp;apos;t say, &amp;apos;Well, I&amp;apos;m going to make a record in May because that&amp;apos;s when the producer has a window.&amp;apos; So just recording and getting things out is paramount for me. That has to be spontaneous. You&amp;apos;re gonna bottle this time capsule. You don&amp;apos;t want the band to even know the songs.&amp;quot;\r\nIt was the same approach that guided Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, recorded in four days at Cobb&amp;apos;s Nashville studio. &amp;quot;Sturgill would show up with a song idea and we&amp;apos;d make it into something all together,&amp;quot; Cobb told Rolling Stone Country about the process back in 2014, admitting they&amp;apos;d already started working on the next record. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re already doing something totally different and it will probably make a lot of people mad.&amp;quot;\r\nThe one hint Simpson did divulge to GQ is that, like Metamodern&amp;apos;s focus on a psychedelic, psilocybin love trip inspired by deep thinkers like philosopher Seth Abramson, the next album will also have a consistent concept thread.\r\n&amp;quot;All I&amp;apos;m really interested in musically is trying to make concept albums,&amp;quot; Simpson said. &amp;quot;Serving a larger sum than the parts. I just can&amp;apos;t sit down and write three verses and a chorus and a bridge anymore. It just don&amp;apos;t find it inspiring.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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