Category Archives: 6th album

Simple Plan return to studio to work with producer Zakk Cervini

AUTHOR: Dominika | 7. September 2019 | no comments

After a couple weeks away from the recording studio, during which the members of Simple Plan had the time to come back on stage to rock out at a number of festivals, attend a few charity events and also spend some time with their families, the boys finally got back together this week and all five of them returned to Los Angeles to continue recording their 6th studio album.

The band confirmed their return to the studio in a number of Instagram posts. In two of them, Jeff even discussed the current recording process, in which he also revealed that the band is currently working with producer/mixer Zakk Cervini. Zakk is known for recently having produced for a number of bands and artists including Waterparks, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Simple Creatures, All Time Low, State Champs or 5 Seconds Of Summer. As of right now, it is unknown whether Zakk will be producing the entire new Simple Plan album or whether he will be involved only with certain songs.

Check out what Jeff said about Zakk and the last few days of recording album no. 6:

“Back in the studio working on new music. Yesterday, I found myself head banging, smiling, nerding on my guitar toys, digging for little hooks just like I did when I played guitar in my room as a teenager…The vibes are good, the music is amazing and the band is one again. I can’t stop listening back to the song we finished yesterday. This morning, I cranked it up while shaving: I was so absorbed that I cut myself (just a nick, don’t worry)…oddly enough, that’s a good thing!”
“We’re moving along quickly on those new songs. Even if yesterday, Pierre and I dug for hours to better a guitar part that actually didn’t need fixing. Sometimes the process is as important as the result even if it’s tedious. We circled back to the original (but effective) idea Pierre had for the song. After that, we zipped along. Zakk Cervini, with whom we’re working, coined a new expression. He says: « Jeff, put your Stank on this part »…I’m not sure if I like it but Zakk’s a nice guy so I’ll let him have it ;-)”

– Jeff Stinco –

Make sure to check out all the brand new pictures from the studio in our gallery:

Pierre on Simple Plan leaving their record label Atlantic Records: “The deal is done. We’re free agents now.”

AUTHOR: Dominika | 2. September 2019 | 2 comments

In a brand new interview for Eyes Closed Blog (big thanks to Alberto for letting us know!), which was filmed at Slam Dunk Festival in the United Kingdom back in May, Pierre discussed a series of very interesting topics from his band’s obsession with escape rooms all the way to the Instagram rivalry between him and Chuck.

One of the most interesting parts came towards the end of the interview, where Pierre started discussing SP’s plans for their 6th album (which Pierre would like to see released this year) and later admitted that having released five albums under Atlantic Records, their original deal with this record label is now officially done and Simple Plan are now, for the first time in their career under no record label whatsoever.

Check out what exactly Pierre said below:

“I wanna put [the new album] out this fall. Cause it’s pretty much written. We have to be in the studio, but we’re still planning on how. Cause we’re no longer on a major label. Our deal is done. Just fantastic. We’re now free agents. So we don’t know if we wanna self-produce, if we wanna sign with someone else, or if we wanna do something else, so those parts have not been figured out yet. And we don’t know if we wanna have one producer, or like multiple producers or if we’re gonna produce a few of them. So that part needs to be figured out but the songs are done, they’re ready, they’re great and so it’s very very close.”

– Pierre Bouvier –

As of right now, Simple Plan are also no longer listed amongst the artists represented by Atlantic Records on their website.

Besides talking about the band’s split from their label, Pierre also vaguely discussed two songs on the upcoming album, which could fall under the “experimental songs” category, yet he himself thinks they might just become fan-favorites due to their lyrics’ subject matter:

“We have a song coming up… two songs on the new record – that are gonna be different. I think the fans are gonna like them anyways cause the subject matter is very… sort of fits into what people expect of us. But they’re out there. It’s fun to do that… you have to do it. But also the new record, I think… has a lot of songs that the fans are gonna really like. It’s hard to predict, but it will be a fan-favorite, this record. “

– Pierre Bouvier –

Jeff, Seb and Pierre’s brother Jay discuss new album & charitable Strangers In The Night event on Global News

AUTHOR: Dominika | 16. August 2019 | no comments

Yesterday morning, August 15th, Sebastien Lefebvre, Jeff Stinco and Pierre’s brother Jay Bouvier appeared together in a segment on Global News Morning Montreal show in order to discuss their involvement in the upcoming Strangers In The Night event, where they will perform next Saturday, August 24th in Pierrefonds, Canada.

Jay Bouvier, a lymphoma cancer survivor (also the reason behind the song ‘Save You’), has been an active speaker about surviving and overcoming his illness for years now, often working hand in hand with Lymphoma Canada, which is one of the benefiting charities of this charitable gala alongside the Simple Plan Foundation and Friends for Mental Health.

Besides their charitable activities, Jeff and Seb also hinted on the fact that they are currently in the studio working on the 6th Simple Plan record, which (according to Seb) should be coming out “soon” and the fans should first hear some new music hopefully either by the end of 2019 or in the very beginning of 2020.

Check out Jeff, Seb and Jay discuss this event and their new album on the video below:

Simple Plan enter studio: first official updates & photos

AUTHOR: Dominika | 26. July 2019 | no comments

As we’ve already heard from Jeff, yesterday was the day that Simple Plan finally officially hit the recording studio in Los Angeles, where they will spend the next couple of weeks working on their sixth studio album.

The band has now confirmed the beginning of their recording sessions on their official social media accounts and also updated the fans with some first pictures documenting Day 1 of recording. Check out all the boys had to say about the beginning of the new era and also don’t forget to check out all the new photos below:

We have officially started recording new music! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Yesterday was our first day in the studio for #spalbum6 and it was amazing! We can’t wait to share our new songs with you and take you along our journey as we create this new record. Tons of updates, photos and videos to come! 🤘🏻

– Simple Plan –

A new era begins! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 First day in the studio for #spalbum6 yesterday and I couldn’t be more excited to share our new music with you. Beyond grateful we still have the opportunity to do this and have amazing fans like you who care about our band. I hope these new songs will move you and be everything you hope for. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

– Chuck Comeau –

First photo from the studio: Simple Plan began recording album #6 yesterday

AUTHOR: Dominika | 26. July 2019 | 1 comment

It’s official: yesterday, July 25th 2019, Simple Plan finally moved on from the song-writing stage and officially began the recording their 6th studio album.

Jeff Stinco confirmed this information on his Instagram yesterday, by posting a picture of him with some of his music equipment. As far as what studio SP decided to use for this recording session, we can only guess from Jeff’s geotagging of his studio picture, which says “North Hollywood, California”. Hopefully quite soon we should be getting some more information about where exactly the guys are recording their new album as well as with who.

You can check out the full picture Jeff posted in our gallery, where we’ve already dedicated a whole album to all future photo updates from the studio.

We’re really excited about all the upcoming updates: more info about the new music, more photos and hopefully the guys will get back into their old vlogging habits. Stay tuned!

To keep track of Simple Plan’s progress on their new album and make sure you don’t miss any important news about it, keep checking our special section about the 6th album for everything we know about it so far!

Info about album #6