David Byrne reported from his blog this week, that he is currently doing some writing with St. Vincent’s Annie Clark.

Byrne sat in with Clark at her January 29th show at the Allen Room in New York, where the pair performed a song they had previously worked up.

But Byrne now reports that there are “eight or so” songs currently in some stage of collaborative development.

Due to Clark’s current touring commitments, the project has been proceeding in “fits and starts,” but it seems that at least one song is already largely developed. At her suggestion, the pair is even working with a brass ensemble.

Of course, Byrne is no stranger to collabs. His last album, 2008′s Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, was a collaboration with Brian Eno, and he has a new LP with Fatboy Slim, entitled Here Lies Love, out on Todomundu/Nonesuch on April 6th.

There is no timetable for their release, or even for their eventual completion, but Byrne has admitted to arranging some brass and even sending Clark some lyrics. Here’s hoping the two can find some time in the not-too-distant future.

And I picked one YOU would know,…Respect!

source: David Byrne and St. Vincent Collaborate “Eight or So” Songs Already in the Works [under the radar]