A little current and old-school news for Prince fans today:
NEW ALBUM
The Purple Assassin of Chanhassen© will issue a new album by year's end, his bandmates in 3rdEyeGirl announced in a new BBC interview. Titled "Hit N Run" – also the name of his series of pop-up concerts of late -- the record was recorded with the band, and with drummer Hannah Welton Ford's husband Joshua Welton again serving as a collaborator. Welton also co-produced "Art Official Age," the better-received of Prince's pair of 2014 albums.
The first single from the album is the track Prince already released last month, a stormy and freaky rocker called "HARDROCKLOVER" (posted below). An official release date for the album is not yet known. No surprise, it'll probably be a surprise.
The band members told the BBC of the record, "It's weird. There's a lot of experimental sound. It's just hit after hit and definitely caters to those fans who just love to hear what Prince has to say, rather than wanting to always hear that classic Purple Rain Prince sound."
OLD HOUSE
While Prince's famous Purple House was bulldozed a decade ago, the "Purple Rain" house used in the movie is still standing -- and is even now for sale.
Located at 3420 Snelling Avenue in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, the home where The Kid came of age in the 1984 film is being sold for a modest $110,000, a sure indicator it needs a lot of work.
