Uriah Heep guitarist Mick Box revealed in a recent interview with Danny Stoakes that the band has completed the recording of their highly-anticipated follow-up to Living The Dream, which is now in mixing phase and is due for release later this year.

Box said: "We've just finished recording it. We just okayed all the mixes from [producer] Jay Ruston. He did [2018's] Living The Dream. He's been doing it. And he's out in L.A. so he's been sending the stuff. I just sent around a load of titles for everyone to pull one out of the bag… And then we've gotta do the artwork, of course. Once the title's been delivered, the artwork has gotta come with that, and then all the credits and everything else and lyrics and all that stuff. So that takes a bit of time. Plus with everything that's happened, and we will release it on vinyl, I think there's a seven-month run-up before you can get anything - simply because of the state that COVID has left the business in. The bottom line is once we've delivered all that, we give it to the record company and they are the people that really decide [when to put it out]. We have no input whatsoever. Because it's a business - they'll find the right time for them to benefit."

Box was also asked if any songs will be played live before the new record. His reply was: "We'd not be allowed to by the record company, as much as we would be tempted. In today's market, let's put it this way, if we play a [new] song on stage, before I've got the jeans off and showered and poured a drink, it's recorded and up on YouTube and Facebook and everything else… So it's highly unlikely - for those reasons. I mean, for us, we'd play them all. But sometimes your hands are tied for a reason. And the record company, they come in and allow us to go in and record and do that, so you have to play ball with them."

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