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Are Grandaddy working on a new album?

13 July 2015, 14:45 | Written by Laurence Day

Is Jason Lytle working on a new Grandaddy album? The band haven't released anything since 2006, despite a few reunion shows here and there, and a new Tweet suggests that maybe Lytle's getting the old band back together.

It's two letters in a Tweet; perhaps we're getting our hopes up, but then again, maybe not. In an interview with Drowned In Sound in 2013, he didn't rule it out completely:

"It doesn't sound like you have much appetite for another Grandaddy reunion or writing any new material in the foreseeable future, then?"

"I love the idea of making another Grandaddy record, but I wouldn't want it hanging over my head like 'Okay, you made this record, now are you guys going to get out there and tour in support of it?' Let's just say you had a choice – I'm creating a mock situation here – that your favourite band will promise to make a record every couple of years but you'll never get to see them [play live]. It's going to be high-quality stuff and resemble what you really liked about the band, but don't get mad at them if they don't come to your country, town or whatever to play shows. Rather than, okay the band will get back together and play shows and they'll be fucking pissed off and miserable and it'll all come to an end again. Wouldn't you just rather have the safe version? I'm hoping for this dream scenario where I can make Grandaddy records every so often and not have all this messy stuff that goes along with it. I already did that and it's just not appealing to me anymore."

"So what are the chances of another Grandaddy album?"

"Um, oh man [sighs]. I don't know. It really helps to get some feedback. I might just see what people are thinking about it. Maybe it won't be worth it. Who knows. But I've always been pretty good about going with my instincts with stuff like this. We'll just have to wait and see."

If anything does get released, then it'll follow 2006's Just Like the Fambly Cat.

Check out the Tweet below. What do you think?

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