Debbie Harry Promises New Blondie Album Feels Exactly ‘Like Blondie’
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A Record True to Their Style
Blondie’s Debbie Harry has shared details about the band’s upcoming album, confirming it will carry the title High Noon. Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Harry explained that the project will stay true to the band’s long history of mixing different sounds and approaches.
“I think our tradition has always been to cover a lot of different styles and to embody some different moods. So in that respect, it’s a very traditional Blondie album,” Harry said. “I think the thing that makes people carry on with us is that we’re excited about what we do, and we work hard at it, and it’s not sort of like, oh, well, I guess let’s do [an album].”
She added, “We write songs. We write stuff that’s about our lives and about today.”
Contributions from Glen Matlock
The new record will also feature a track written by Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, who has been playing bass with Blondie since 2022. His song, “Sleepwalking,” quickly became a standout for Harry.
“It’s just a wonderful song, and it really sticks in your head,” she explained. “It reminds me of his contribution to the Sex Pistols; it has that feel to it. It’s a great, simple, three-chord, four-chord song with a great feel.”
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A Mix of Sounds and Moods
Harry noted that High Noon will feature “some really great dance music” while keeping a strong rock and roll foundation. “It’s very rock and roll, but yet, we’ve always managed to squeeze in elements of other sounds in music and other styles of music, other moods of music,” she said.
“And Blondie has always done that,” she continued. “We’ve always embodied the present. So it feels like Blondie.”
The album will be the band’s first since Pollinator in 2017, though no release date has been announced yet.
