U2 are currently hard at work on their next album with producer Brian Eno, and according to guitarist The Edge, they're combining their roots with some futuristic concepts.
Speaking to BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley, The Edge revealed that they "were in the studio the other day just working on some crazy new music. Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music… which could end up becoming a part of the new U2 album. We’re not sure yet, we’ll see.”
“Part of our kind of process is to go so widely… off track, and then sort of the process of bringing things back on track is kind of how you get sort of unique sounding music," The Edge continued.
Making the appearance to promote the upcoming 20th anniversary of U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its reissue How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, the guitarist gave an update on drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who was not a part of the band's ground-breaking residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
“We’re at that great phase where we don’t have to over think it, we’re just making music and loving that process,” he added. “And then we’ll figure out where things belong afterwards, so there’s a couple of different projects [I’m working on]. Definitely U2, with Larry, which is wonderful. We’ve got him in the studio… he’s good, he’s taking it easy, but he’s back in the saddle on the drums [and] doing some recording with us, and so we’ll be doing a bit more of that before the end of the year.”
Last year, The Edge first mentioned work on a new album with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, teasing, “There’s a lot that we have ready and some that need a little dusting off, but will be ready soon. I tell you, we’ve got some amazing new songs. Really exciting.”