Mick Jones heaps praise on the new Libertines album

There's been some interesting comments from Clash guitarist Mick Jones regarding the upcoming Libertines record. Jones is co-producing the album alongside Sex Pistols / Clash producer Bill Price in a west London studio. The following comments are from an interview he did with Teletext:

"[It's been] Beautiful, and don't let anyone tell you differently... If it was as stupid as people are making out - security guards to stop them fighting and that crap - do you think I'd be mug enough to stick around and put up with it?

...They've grown up. What happened with Pete (Doherty) going to prison was a horrible time, it could have finished any band. They know that, and it's made them realise how much they love each other... Pete and Carl (Barat) have the same fluidity we had. Joe (Strummer) would sit at a typewriter, have a great lyric by the time I'd had a coffee and I'd knock up a tune for it in a few minutes. That's how quickly The Libs do it - low boredom threshold.
...A record as good as this only comes along once in a generation. You had it with The Clash. And now it's The Libertines turn. The lyrics on 'The Man Who Would Be King' are as good as any I've heard. Everything that's happened to them in two years is on this record, and a lot has happened to them."

High praise from Jones, who also produced the band's debut Up The Bracket. The new Libertines record is expected later this year from Rough Trade Records. Throughout the summer they'll be playing European festival shows, including a June 11th Meltdown appearance supporting Morrissey.