Taking rockabilly baby on the road
IMELDA May has a theory. “I think I need to be bored to write songs,” says the best-selling rockabilly singer. “I toured my last album for three years. It was busy, busy, busy. And I found it difficult to write on the road. I’ve had some time off and the songs have started to come. I began to get bored. That’s just how it is for me.”
By her usual standards the Dubliner’s previous record, 2010’s Mayhem, was a lush affair. Her major label debut, it was put together in an expensive studio and had a commercial sheen. A significant amount of cash had clearly been lavished on it. For her next LP, the salty Liberties native wants to return to the sweaty intensity of her early days. The goal is to approximate the furious sensibility of her live shows.
