IGGY POP Credits THE SMITHS Frontman For Connecting Him With ANDREW WATT - "I Was A Guest Detail On A MORRISSEY Track He Produced"
December 2, 2022, 2 years ago
Atlantic Records and Andrew Watt’s Gold Tooth Records recently launched a joint venture with Iggy Pop as their first signing. The punk icon will be releasing his new album Every Loser through the label, with the first single, “Frenzy”, out now.
According to NME, Watt first collided with Pop while working on a yet-to-be-released project for the former frontman of The Smiths.
“I was a guest detail on a Morrissey track he produced,” Pop says. “When Morrissey wrote to me about it, he said, ‘The producer on this is extraordinary,’ and he really was.”
Following the feature, Watt asked Pop if he could “knock up some tracks” for him. Pop obliged, thanks in part to the producer’s “fine ear” and his “ability to play and sing with exceptional timing, pitch and tonality.”
Pop’s upcoming album will be his first full-length studio effort since Free in 2019.
Said Watt: “Iggy Pop is a fucking icon. A true original. The guy invented the stage dive...I still can’t believe he let me make a record with him. I am honored. It doesn’t get cooler. This album was created to be played as loud as your stereo will go…turn it up and hold on…”
Iggy Pop’s Every Loser will be released on January 6 via Gold Tooth Records.
