REM’s got a brand new album “Collapse Into Now”, and you can hear it for free on NPR
I’m a big REM fan, but I admit that I had lost touch with the band for a number of years. Hell, I had to look up when their last album was and was surprised to find that it was 2008, with Accelerate. I guess I’ll have to look that one up, because the last one I remember was Reveal in 2001 and it seems like at the time, I thought it was sort of okay, but not as good as some of their earlier stuff. But with the release of Collapse Into Now, I think I’m back on the REM bandwagon.
You can listen to the album in its entirety here on NPR, though you’ll have to click on each track individually and listen to a little NPR intro every time. But from what I can tell, if you’ve ever been a fan of REM, Collapse Into Now might also bring you back into the fold. Bill Berry’s still good and retired, as he has been since 1997, but the album features appearances by Patti Smith, Eddie Veder, Peaches and others.
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