New album: "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

David Byrne and Brian Eno have paired up for their first record together as co-writers since the highly influential and critically acclaimed 1981 release "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts". "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" is the culmination of a year’s worth of writing, recording, and travel between New York and London. The album will be self-released and made available as a digital download for purchase through www.enoshop.co.uk

"Everything That Happens…" was conceptualized during a visit to Brian Eno’s studio after the two reconnected when Nonesuch Records re-released "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". Byrne explains, "I recall Brian mentioning that he had a lot of largely instrumental tracks he’d accumulated, and since, in his words, he ‘hates writing words’, I suggested I have a go at writing some words and tunes over a few of them, and we see what happens." Thus the two began exchanging vocal and instrumental tracks over the internet, and the transatlantic collaboration began.

"Everything That Happens…" is less of a collage than the duo’s previous effort of some 27 years ago and more a collection of songs. Whereas "… Bush of Ghosts" incorporated the contributions of 11 additional musicians along with a variety of "found" voices — ranging from radio talk-show hosts to Lebanese mountain singers — this latest recording almost exclusively features Byrne’s lyrics and voice alongside Eno’s various electronic tracks. "When we started this work, we started to think we were making something like electronic gospel: a music where singing was the central event, but whose sonic landscapes were not the type normally associated with that way of singing," says Eno. "This thought tapped into my long love affair with gospel music which, curiously, was inadvertently initiated by David and the Talking Heads."

David Byrne will tour "David Byrne, Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" from Autumn 2008 until early 2009 in the U.S., Australasia in early 2009 and Europe in March 2009, the focus will be on these new songs as well as Byrne’s previous collaborations with Eno including some Talking Heads albums (many of which were produced by Eno). "The live shows will maybe try to draw a line linking this new material with what we did 30 years ago," explains Byrne, "a little bit anyway."

David Byrne & Brian Eno – "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

1. Home
2. My Big Nurse
3. I Feel My Stuff
4. Everything That Happens
5. Life Is Long
6. The River
7. Strange Overtones
8. Wanted For Life
9. One Fine Day
10. Poor Boy
11. The Lighthouse