Says phonograph record industry a 'political place at the moment'
LONDON -- U.K. pop star Lily Allen has expressed mental confusion over the release of her soph set amid the current changes at EMI.
The follow-up to her 2006 album "Alright, Still" (Regal/Parlophone) is due at some point in the fourth quarter or early next yr. The as-yet-untitled record volition be issued on Capitol in the U.S.
"It has been finished for a while like a shot, I don't really experience what's going on with it," Allen said in a bill on MySpace. "The record industry is a very political billet at the moment, and I am on EMI records, dozens of masses have been fired or have taken redundancy latterly as the company was taken over by a private equity firm called Terra Firma."
Billboard.biz has heard 10 tracks from the record, once again produced by Greg Kurstin, and Allen sounds as lyrically confident as ever so. Tracks such as "Everyone's at It" and "I Don't Know" showcase a more electronic sound, with the latter song dissecting her yellow journalism infamy. New demos take also been posted on MySpace, each racking up between 250,000 and 1 jillion plays.
Allen adds, "Many of these people were people assigned to my projects and now I don't quite know what's sledding on. I'm sure everyone will find their feet soon sufficiency and I'll be able to put the album out soon."
EMI did not comment on Allen's remarks.
