PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix says the band are well into their next studio album with 7 songs already close to completion
PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix recently made an appearance on the “Talk Is Jericho” podcast and discussed the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s next studio album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “ I’m going to visit my son for a few days and then right after that, I’m going back in the studio and writing new music. We’ve got seven songs, seven pieces of music already in the can. Well, not in the can necessarily, but four of them probably could be finished up. Three of them are already finished.
“And so we have a good momentum of creativity that we really wanna take advantage of. ‘Cause we’re not on the road. So it’s good for us to get together and be creative and make music and just keep flexing that muscle. ‘Cause I think if you don’t, you lose it.
“And so we’re committed to, once every other month, get together and write music together, and I think that that’s gonna make for… By the end of this year, shoot, we’ll have more than a record, I feel like. Is it all gonna get released? Maybe some of it we’re gonna co-write for other artists, and some of it maybe we’ll try to pitch it for a film or something like that. There are some that are definitely P-ROACH in the batch, and then there are definitely some that we’re, like, ‘Oh, this is a bigger vision.’ And that’s exciting in that way.”
Last month, Shaddix told radio station KLOS that he and his PAPA ROACH bandmates have “gone into the studio three times now so far… One of the sessions we went in, and we were, like, ‘Let’s just go write the heaviest, most savage, insane, brutally just out-there PAPA ROACH. And we went and wrote this track. It’s so savage, and it’s fun.”
He continued: “I love this creative process that we go through and digging and finding what we can do creatively. And so this year is just about, where can we go creatively and experiment and find what direction we’re pushing this thing. And I love that process.
“2025 is gonna be a big year for us,” Jacoby added. “And so we’re not doing any touring during ’24. And so just gearing up for 2025. [It’ll be the] 25th anniversary of our first album ‘Infest’. We’ll be dropping a bunch of new music. And we’ve got a book as well that we’re gonna be dropping in 2025. It tells the story of the early years of ‘Infest’, from 1994 to, let’s say, 2002, it tells that story. And it’s told from many standpoints — all the bandmembers, A&Rs, other musicians. And so really cool.
“We’ve got a lot of things in the store. And it’s fun being creative when we’re away from the road.
“I definitely am starting to miss the road, but I look forward to it. 2025 is gonna be a big one.”
PAPA ROACH‘s latest album, “Ego Trip”, came out in April 2022 via New Noize Records in partnership with ADA Worldwide (WMG‘s independent label and artist services arm).
The multi-platinum nü-metal/alternative rock outfit is set for a flurry of activities in 2025, encompassing the release of new music, commemorating the 25th anniversary of their 3x multi-platinum major label debut, “Infest,” and the creation of a book.
PAPA ROACH hail from Vacaville, California, USA, and formed in 1993. The band originally consisted of vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance, and drummer Dave Buckner. Known for their eclectic mix of hard rock, nu-metal, and alternative metal, PAPA ROACH burst onto the scene with their major-label debut album, “Infest,” released in 2000. The album’s hit single “Last Resort” catapulted them to international fame and became an anthem for a generation.