"Tangent 4 "A Crisis in Midlife" is still in recording now... and is developing well. Although it won't see the light of day until next year... the tracks are now pretty much finalised. A recording session at Jonas' studio in Sweden is taking place in June, and Andy, Theo and Guy will continue to work on the album through the long Autumn months.New guitarist Jakko M. Jakszyk  is currently working on the album in his studios in London. "

 

"This is an album that concerns US" says Andy Tillison, "US being people of our age... middle aged if you like. All of us have spent so much time listening to songs about falling in love for the first time... or having problems with our parents. I thought it might be time to have a look at the world from OUR perspective and perhaps write songs about how WE feel."

So far, around 70 minutes of material has been written. The album (so far) seems different in tone to the previous 3 Tangent records... but with all the familiar trademarks there. "We want to look at some new possibilities" says Guy Manning, who is working a lot closer with Andy since he (Andy) returned to England from France, "but we don't want to lose the Tangent feel. It's still about songs and the joy of playing. We've tried to use some new sources of inspiration... some new sounds and styles we haven't used before. Andy's lyrics are a lot more introspective on this one too... and that does affect the music and the way it flows"

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