"It's a very interesting challenge."
Legendary guitarist Keith Richards revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the Rolling Stones are in the "early stages" of a new studio album.
Although the band's last release was the covers album Blue & Lonesome , Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ron Wood haven't released original material together since A Bigger Bang in 2005.
During the interview, Keith Richards revealed that he has begun composing new riffs for the group. “I feel it’s a very interesting challenge to write for Mick [Jagger]. There’s no point in giving him a song that’s beyond his reach or that he won’t feel comfortable singing.”
“What I really like is when I write a song and Mick says, 'Okay, I'm in!' That's what I strive for, because I'm writing for the lead singer and frontman of the Rolling Stones! And that's my job – to give him a riff that he listens to and says, 'I know what to do with this.'”
Don Was, the band's longtime producer, also spoke about the band's new material and revealed that the compositions Keith and Mick are preparing are "something to contemplate."
"The three of us sat together in a room with guitars and something magical happened that felt as fresh as the first time we worked together."
Currently, in addition to working on new material, the band has some dates scheduled to perform in the United Kingdom.
