Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys’ drummer, is at work on a solo album.
The drummer has also performed with Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression band with Josh Homme and Dean Fertita (Queens Of The Stone Age). He has since decided to bite the bullet and go solo, recently finishing his first solo album.
When asked if he had confidence about the finalized album, Helders replied: “More and more I do, yeah. I feel like I’ve got to do a certain amount before it’s deserved in way. I don’t want to do it too soon and then regret it, like ‘Oh, I shouldn’t have made that kind of record’. You know what I mean? I want to make a lot of music and then like, ‘Oh, that’s the thing I like about this’.”
He continued: “I think I’m getting to a point now in which the style has developed and what I want to do is more clear to me then it was before. “
He also revealed that he is cautious about bringing out his own music because he doesn’t want to feel like he has cheated his way there. It is important to him that he has earned the right to get ahead as a solo artist.
“I don’t want to get caught out for cheating my way somewhere,” he confessed. “I will do it. It’s like figuring out why as well. Like ‘Why do I even want to do that? Why do I want to make a record? What’s it for? I just like the process of creating it. Maybe it’s more because I’m not writing the lyrics, so it’s fine that I do that. When you’re writing a record and you’re putting yourself out there, a lot of people need a reason to want to hear a ‘message’ or ‘hear my opinion on this’.
Details of Matt Helders’ solo venture are to be announced.
