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URIAH HEEP: New Album Update

April 27, 2007

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited reports: URIAH HEEP have not released an album of new songs since 1999's "Sonic Origami". While the wait has been tough to take for HEEP fans, they will be delighted to learn that the end is in sight. The band is currently in the studio in Lincolnshire in the countryside of Northern England recording their next release. Classic Rock Revisited recently caught up with URIAH HEEP mainstay Mick Box to discuss the band's progress.

"We've probably wrote 20 songs but we have been quite selective and reduced this to the best 12-14 songs," he said. When asked if the album has a name yet, Box said, "It is too early. Once we have completed the CD it usually comes to us. It can be as simple as a couple of words in the song i.e. 'Sea of Light' or something not connected at all like 'Sonic Origami'. We have a list that we keep adding and subtracting too."

While the project may not have a name, it certainly has a musical direction. "I guess we are going through a resurgence of our more rockier music side," Box said. "It is more 'Look at Yourself' than 'Fallen Angel'. There is even an epic song and it sounds great."

Part of the reason the band has more energy is due to the addition of drummer Russell Gilbrook. Russell found his way to HEEP when Lee Kerslake fell ill. "Lee had some health issues that he needed to take care of urgently," Box explained. "Had he continued with the schedule that HEEP keeps he would not have been able to take care of them. I speak with him quite often and he is in a good head space and seeing doctors and it really is the best thing for him. If you do not have your health then you have nothing in my book."

Read the entire article at Classic Rock Revisited.

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