News of a stunning new indie collaboration has broken with The Verve’s Nick McCabe and Simon Jones launching a new band with Goldfrapp violinist Davide Rossi.
The Verve are no strangers to surprises, but their recent re-union stunned even their most loyal of fans. The band split in 2000 following the departure of mercurial guitarist Nick McCabe, with singer Richard Ashcroft going on to have a fruitful solo career.
However after months of rumours the band announced a series of live dates and details of a new album. Titled ‘Forth’ it wasn’t quite the fairytale return many had expected, but at least it was new material by The Verve.
Since then the band have seemingly returned to their hiatus, but in a recent development Nick McCabe and Simon Jones have launched a new act. Working with Goldrapp violinist Davide Rossi the new band is called The Black Ships and hopes are high for the new project.
Currently recording new material, The Black Ships are completed by drummer Mig Schillace. Already the band have begun loading new material to their MySpace page with ‘Black Ships On Auto’ available to stream now.
In a statement on the site Davide Rossi claimed that he first met The Verve’s musicians during sessions for last year’s album ‘Forth’.
“After The Verve finished touring in August 2008, it was decided that something new should emerge from such a meeting. That took shape in November 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the band met for the first time to play and record new material straight away.”
“It was then that Nick brought with him long time friend and collaborator Mig Schillace, to complete the rhythmic section and with it the core line-up of the band.”
“Since then the boys have been and are still working on it! It’s a slow process, which needs the care and time that it needs, but music fans out there should expect some teasers real soon!”
The Black Ships are set to confirm details of their debut album soon, with a host of UK tour dates planned.
