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Arcade Fire's Will Butler is to release a song a day next week based on news stories from The Guardian.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Butler explained the inspiration behind his latest solo decision: “It was partly inspired by Bob Dylan, who used to announce that certain songs were based on headlines. It would be a song he wrote in two weeks or something, such as The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, which is one of the greatest songs ever. So I’ve set myself an impossible bar.”
He added "It’s a cruel thing, but sometimes you read something and think, “Uh oh. I could make something really meaty out of that.”
Something like the Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial - my God, that’s the gnarliest story in the world, but it’s interesting. Or you might read a science headline and think, “The universe is so much bigger than I thought it was.” There’s something really beautiful in that."
Each original song will be released on The Guardian website daily, starting tomorrow (23 February).
Butler's debut solo record 'Policy' it out March 16 courtesy of Merge Records.
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