Phoenix have already started working on their follow-up to 2013’s Bankrupt!, singer Thomas Mars tells Rolling Stone. “The way we tour is pretty unique,” explains the frontman. “We go for two weeks, then we stop for two or three weeks. And when we’re back, we don’t really know how to take vacations, so we usually spend time on the record.”
The new project is still in very early stages, adds Mars. “It’s the beginning of something – the base of the pyramid,” he says. “Right now, it could go anywhere. It’s this moment of pure freedom. The possibilities are endless. It’s very exciting.”
In other Phoenix news, the band will appear on PBS’ series Live From the Artists Den on February 1st. The episode, taped last October, will show the band playing for 500 students in a high school gym in Austin, Texas. “It felt like we were in the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video,” Mars says. “The whole high school experience in the United States is very exotic for us. We actually thought about doing a whole tour at some point of high school shows, so this was sort of a test to see if it could work.”
Phoenix have a string of shows in the U.K. and France next week, followed by a break until early March, when they hit Australia.
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