ALO will release new album ‘Roses And Clover’ via Brushfire/Island on January 14.
“We’re a band that likes to experiment live,” says Dan Lebowitz. “I have a feeling these songs are going to evolve a lot. They’re young songs, like little kids, who over time are going to grow and change. And that’s a really exciting thing.”
S well as being signed to his label, the band toured with Jack Johnson during his last world tour. They also opened for the massive US college favourite Dave Matthews Band.
“Since we usually develop our songs with the live show in mind, by the time we get into the studio we are used to playing them a certain way and it is often hard to separate ourselves from that,” says Dan. “Listening to a record is a different experience than going to a concert. This time we got to let the recording dictate how the songs would sound rather than the live experience.”
On the title of the album: “To me, roses represent maturity and clover youthfulness” says Zach. “After so much time exploring music together, our sound has become a blend of the classic and the contemporary.”
For ‘Roses & Clover’, the members of ALO shared much of the producing duties, though enlisted the help of veteran producer Robert Carranza (Beck, Los Lobos, Ozomatli) and Dave Simon-Baker. “Robert was like a mentor figure for us,” says Zach. “He has made so many albums and had so much experience. He would tell us we were on the right track, or not, which really empowered us even more.”
ALO will spend much of 2008 out on the raod, we’ll let you know when we have UK dates.