Exclusive Song Premiere: The Waterboys' 'The Girl Who Slept for Scotland' — billboard.com

In assembling a lineup for the Waterboys' 13th album, the band's Dublin-based leader Mike Scott looked toward the U.S. for bandmates and inspiration. "It's quite different from the last few albums," Scott says of Modern Blues, which has a U.S. release date of April 7. "It's a bit more rock 'n' roll, so I knew it had to be an American-sounding record. American music has a rhythmic swagger that European music doesn't have."

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