Colin Blunstone on The Zombies’ new album, 'Different Game:' “This is very close to a live album”

The Zombies are set to release their new album, Different Game, on Friday, but it may have been out earlier if the pandemic hadn't gotten in the way.

Lead singer Colin Blunstone says the making of the album was "an interesting adventure" for the band because they started working on it before the pandemic. While some artists made records over Zoom during lockdowns, that wasn't what they were going for.

“We'd already decided that we wanted to record it with everyone in the studio at the same time,” Blunstone tells ABC Audio. “With the pandemic, it made it very, very difficult and so I think this album’s taken two or three years. To be quite honest, I've lost track of time.”

Blunstone says it was important for the band to be together while recording, explaining, “We feel that there's an energy in the studio when we're all there playing together that isn't there if we're playing separately.”

He says he will “sing differently” when he’s in the studio with other musicians playing live, which gives a different feel to the record. He notes, “You can almost say this is very close to a live album but recorded in a studio environment.”

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