Glen Ballard Over Head For Lit Album?

05/04/2000 7:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen

(5/4/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Lit recorded a brand-new song, "Over My Head," under the direction of famed producer Glen Ballard, and it might be a sign of things to come. The song is part of the soundtrack for the animated film Titan A.E.. The forthcoming video for the song includes animation and live footage.

LAUNCH asked Lit bassist Kevin Baldes and drummer Allen Shellenberger if Ballard will be taking the helm for the follow-up to A Place In The Sun. "A possibility, yeah," Baldes said. "We haven't even started talking about that yet. We still have a lot of writing to do, so we'll see. 'Over My Head' is going to be on the next album."

"We have some working ideas we're noodling around with," Shellenberger added.

"We really haven't had the time to really sit there and get the ball rolling, but we have some ideas," Baldes said.

"We don't want to write the next record about who left their shoes in the middle of the bus lounge," Shellenberger quipped. "We want to get back to a somewhat normal existence and roll from there."

Baldes added with a flash of cheekiness, "I want to screw up some relationships with chicks and get those ideas rolling."

Lit wants to have an album recorded, mixed, and in stores by next summer -- this summer the band will be busy on the No Doubt tour, which starts June 5 in Dallas.

-- Darren Davis, New York and Neal Weiss, Los Angeles

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