Beastie Boys new album

Adam Yauch and Mike D from the Beastie Boys have confirmed they will be releasing the follow up to 1998's 'Hello Nasty' this year. The long-awaited record will be the group's first studio album in five years.

With a career stretching back to the early 80s, the massively inlfuencial trio, completed by Adam 'Adrock' Horovitz, have used everything from live instruments to samplers on their records, however, for this new album the group have gone back to basics.

"This records all hip-hop." Mike D told the BBC "We've been working for a little while in a secret location, but there's light at the end of the tunnel and we're mixing now so its almost complete."

"The record that we're making is like a hip-hop record, but that doesn't mean we're only checking for hip-hop right now. Everything we like, that's cool, is going to enter the arena."

Having previously recorded in both the band's hometown of New York and Los Angeles, Mike D explained why they chose to record back in the Big Apple.

"We missed a lot about New York, because its just a great place to make a record. Everything is just up in your face the whole time. I mean we might just go up into the studio for however many hours a day, but just getting to the studio you've still gotta deal with people - It's not like L.A."

Despite this, the duo explained that the album also features a more UK-influenced track.

"We actually have a British song on our album," Mike D continued, "You're gonna have to wait and see - just leave it at that. We'll unleash it on you, but it's a very British-centric - whatever you'd call it - type of song."

"Its cool. A straight hip-hop record."

Music News understands the album should be released in June.document.write(unescape("