It's been thirteen years since King's X released their last studio album XV. However, in a recent interview with Laughingmonkeymusic, bassist and vocalist Doug Pinnick stated that the long-awaited new King's X record will likely not be released until next year when the band is able to tour again, and added that it could be the last music effort in their career.

When asked about the current state of the new record, Pinnick said: "I brought 25 songs in. And Ty [Tabor, guitar] and Jerry [Gaskill, drums] brought a slew of songs in, too. We got 17 songs out of the whole record. We're not gonna put 'em all on the record, but we have a lot to choose from now. And Michael Parnin, who produced it and engineered it, he's mixing it right now."

Pinnick also went on to say that "it's gonna take a good while" to finish the new album "because of the pandemic and the uncertainty of touring and all that stuff." He continued: 'Cause who knows - at our age, this could be our last record, and we wanna do it right. We don't wanna just put it out there in the middle of the pandemic and hope somebody buys it. We wanna put it out, go on tour and do videos. I mean, do it like we're supposed to do it. So we're telling our fans to just kind of be patient with us, because we really, really are hoping that this is as good as [1994's] 'Dogman' and [1989's] 'Gretchen [Goes To Nebraska]', which is what everybody wants. But it's not a rehash of it. In fact, this record doesn't sound like either one. I think that we worked really, really hard on this record, like we haven't since the early days - around 'Gretchen' and 'Dogman'. I can tell it in the songs, how we're all singing and everybody's contributing to it. They're not just doing my songs, and I'm not just doing Ty's songs. We're really putting ourselves into it."

About the new album's musical direction, Doug said: "I had some pretty crazy songs, time-change-wise, 'cause I've been listening to a lot of Meshuggah and shit like that. It's not King's X, but that flavor comes in. Imagine John Bonham playing with Meshuggah? But Ty and Jerry are singing a lot too. I tell people, it's like from [The Beatles' classic song] 'Penny Lane' to the heaviest Meshuggah - it's a blend of something in between there. And one song to another almost sounds different, almost to the point where they're individual pieces themselves, like Pink Floyd used to do. We've got violins and other things in it. I've got some keyboards and all kinds of things to enhance things - piano. Nothing overboard, but just like [Jimi] Hendrix did and people like that - big things coming in and out that gives it that longevity, I would say. Things that you hear and go, 'Oh, wow. That's cool.' That little thing over there. So it's taken Michael a long time to mix it, 'cause he's got a lot of tracks."

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