New for 2022

[qjamesfloyd]

This is really disappointing, I am not going to speculate as to the 2023 release, as we just don't know the answer, but it is a long time away.

[Elin N]

I agree with you Skydiver. It is difficult to keep up positivity with a timeline like this. I think it would be possible with a release late this year if they really wanted to, pandemic or not. It is probably a stupid thing to say when I know very little about the business, but when other musicians can do it, why can't he. I think most other musicians need to set more deadlines than he does, to make deals with studios, order LPs, and everything that the management do.
I will cling to the studio diary 

[skydiver]

I agree with you Skydiver. It is difficult to keep up positivity with a timeline like this. I think it would be possible with a release late this year if they really wanted to, pandemic or not. It is probably a stupid thing to say when I know very little about the business, but when other musicians can do it, why can't he. I think most other musicians need to set more deadlines than he does, to make deals with studios, order LPs, and everything that the management do.
I will cling to the studio diary 

You make some good points. Of course none of us really knows about the business and the real reasons why it will take him four and a half years to release his next album.
My point is that Mark and Guy have a fine perception and know very well how much it means to so many people what they do.
I am certain they are aware how grateful we would have been for just about anything they would have given us as a small relief during these last two years of worrying.
But all we got was "can't say" and "coming soon".

[Jules]

Guy already stated that producing lp records is delayed a lot and that would affect the release...

[naif]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

[quizzaciously]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

Yes, this is a huge gap. I'm afraid that Mark is also really afraid of the diminishing amount of time he has left (he already said it while making Privateering and it was already 10 (!) years ago). And I think this album is going to be one of his best, also maybe, and it's always a possibility, it may be his last. Who knows? So with all this information in mind, I can wait for 10 years, as long as the end product will be good. The last thing you want to do here is to rush things.

[Jules]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

These two years of pandemic had contributed to slow things more... Maybe without this, the hiatus would had been 3 years or 2 only.

[skydiver]

Guy already stated that producing lp records is delayed a lot and that would affect the release...

The problem of delayed vinyl production is now known at least since 2017 with added covid circumstances in spring 2020.
It could have been considered long ago when planning the album release.
That's not a real reason.

[Elin N]

That was my point too , that they know it is a long waiting time for LPs and need to have that in mind. If I understand correctly, it has been like this for a while now.
To release the album on CD, and of course online, seems like a better solution to me than to postpone the whole thing for months and months for those few people that buy a LP.

[Jules]

Guy already stated that producing lp records is delayed a lot and that would affect the release...

The problem of delayed vinyl production is now known for well over a year and could have been considered long ago when planning the album release. That's not a real reason.

So, if you don't believe Guy giving a reason for this delay, you might know the real reason for the delay. Share it with us, please. Enlight us.

[Jules]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

These two years of pandemic had contributed to slow things more... Maybe without this, the hiatus would had been 3 years or 2 only.

Of course the pandemic slowed things down considerably.
Of course MK had to look after his health and his familiy.
Of course there were and are contact restrictions etc. affecting recording schedules.
But then you prioritize what you are doing and what is important to you!
Instead of wasting time on the silly DION contribution etc. etc.

You should check one MK song, titled "Slow Learner" and you will learn a lot about his priorities.

I think you are confusing his priorities with yours.

[Elin N]

Please, let's not fight  It just seems odd, they are top pro people who knows all they need to, but still it takes "forever" to finish this album.

[Jules]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

These two years of pandemic had contributed to slow things more... Maybe without this, the hiatus would had been 3 years or 2 only.

Of course the pandemic slowed things down considerably.
Of course MK had to look after his health and his familiy.
Of course there were and are contact restrictions etc. affecting recording schedules.
But then you prioritize what you are doing and what is important to you!
Instead of wasting time on the silly DION contribution etc. etc.

You should check one MK song, titled "Slow Learner" and you will learn a lot about his priorities.

I think you are confusing his priorities with yours.

Thank you for your kind notice.

We all want to have anything new from MK as soon as possible, but that's our wish. MK has his own rythm, he does things slowly, with no hurry, looks like it really doesn't matter his age for him, he keeps doing his things on his own, taking his time.

Also he doesn't mind to stop what he's doing for a day or two to colaborate with other artists that ask him to play in a song, or if any interesting project comes, he goes for it, like the Teenage Cancer Trust, or like the Local Hero musical, and he pause his own project, and delay it with no problem, because it doesn't matter to him, there is no difference between release his next record this year, or next, why should he? he does things as he likes, slow, with no hurry.

There is a lot we don't know, for example, the Local Hero musical in London and the recording/release of the cd of it is still waiting. The new representations in London would have some differences, according to Guy, from what we saw in Edinburgh, and that was stopped with the pandemic, so as soon as everyone would be ready, they would continue with it, so maybe is planned to work on it during the rest of 2022, maybe from May to December, with working on the new things, recording and the new representations, maybe that's the reason why he doesn't mind about delays in cd and vinyl pressing plants, as he already have things on his agenda we don't know.

Or maybe he has other projects we don't know waiting, so he doesn't mind about the pressing plants delays...

What is crystal clear is that he doesn't mind about us, and that we are so much looking forward for his next record.

[Robson]

Unbelievable. awful news. A 5-year hiatus after DTRW. 5 years is a very long time for someone Mark's age. We know that there were many songs that he did record and not release in his long career. I wish they would at least sell these songs online.

These two years of pandemic had contributed to slow things more... Maybe without this, the hiatus would had been 3 years or 2 only.

Of course the pandemic slowed things down considerably.
Of course MK had to look after his health and his familiy.
Of course there were and are contact restrictions etc. affecting recording schedules.
But then you prioritize what you are doing and what is important to you!
Instead of wasting time on the silly DION contribution etc. etc.

You should check one MK song, titled "Slow Learner" and you will learn a lot about his priorities.

I think you are confusing his priorities with yours.

Thank you for your kind notice.

We all want to have anything new from MK as soon as possible, but that's our wish. MK has his own rythm, he does things slowly, with no hurry, looks like it really doesn't matter his age for him, he keeps doing his things on his own, taking his time.

Also he doesn't mind to stop what he's doing for a day or two to colaborate with other artists that ask him to play in a song, or if any interesting project comes, he goes for it, like the Teenage Cancer Trust, or like the Local Hero musical, and he pause his own project, and delay it with no problem, because it doesn't matter to him, there is no difference between release his next record this year, or next, why should he? he does things as he likes, slow, with no hurry.

There is a lot we don't know, for example, the Local Hero musical in London and the recording/release of the cd of it is still waiting. The new representations in London would have some differences, according to Guy, from what we saw in Edinburgh, and that was stopped with the pandemic, so as soon as everyone would be ready, they would continue with it, so maybe is planned to work on it during the rest of 2022, maybe from May to December, with working on the new things, recording and the new representations, maybe that's the reason why he doesn't mind about delays in cd and vinyl pressing plants, as he already have things on his agenda we don't know.

Or maybe he has other projects we don't know waiting, so he doesn't mind about the pressing plants delays...

What is crystal clear is that he doesn't mind about us, and that we are so much looking forward for his next record.

It's all true. And Slow Learner says more about MK than we think

[dustyvalentino]

Longest gap in the solo years