She & Him/Monster of Folk’s M. Ward is turning his attention back toward his solo career with a new album in the works, his follow-up to 2009’s Hold Time, and a solo tour that kicked off last week in his adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon. “I’m going back to what it was when I first started, performing, writing and recording by myself,” he told HitFix of his plans to draft LP7 at home, adding later, “I have a giant backlog of songs that… I really haven’t had time to revisit or improve upon. It’s time to finish writing those songs.”
For an interview and 4-song set at Portland radio station 101.9’s Bing Lounge recently, Ward also offered an update on his duo with Zooey Deschanel: “She & Him have been doing some recording for some soundtracks. Stuff like that and little things, here and there. We’ll have another record one of these days.” Below, you can watch the rest of that Q&A alongside last week’s acoustic performances of “Poison Cup,” “Paul’s Song,” “Chinese Translation,” and “Sad, Sad Song.”
“Chinese Translation”
Interview
“Paul’s Song”
“Poison Cup”
“Sad, Sad Song”