Sugarland says their next album will be influenced by steampunk:
Nettles says that “The Incredible Machine”—both the album and their forthcoming tour—take inspiration from the “steampunk movement”, a branch of science fiction that imagines a world where humans evolved intellectually, but technology remained set in Victorian times. “I describe it emotionally as bungee jumping and eating chocolate cake,” she says. “It’s terrifying and gratifying, all at the same time.”
I’m not sure that’s an entirely accurate definition of steampunk, but if you reverse it, where the technology evolves, but the intellect remains in a previous era, you do have a pretty good description of modern country. Turning that on it’s head could be very interesting. Though I’m not sure I’d pick Sugarland as the band to do it.
