Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil Kaufman reports: Filter co-founder 
Brian Liesegang says the working title of the next Filter album, which
he's sure will change, is "Longbutter." He says the album "won't come 
out in next two weeks, but definitely in the next millennium." Getting 
serious, he says that the band is shooting for a September '97 release.
Given their tour experience and growth as both individuals and 
musicians, Liesegang speculates this sophomore outing will be quite 
different from Filter's debut, Short Bus . "I think the first record 
was a very stark, simple thing and we did that on purpose to try and 
avoid the NIN comparisons," Liesegang says. "We couldn't go in there 
with a bunch of synthesizers and go at it because we were afraid of the
Nails comparisons, but now, I think we've embraced the fact that, fuck
it, we are a computer band. But we're not as mad [as Trent Reznor] and
I don't think we're gonna write a record that says 'We hate ourselves 
and want to die.' " Liesegang and partner Richard Patrick are working 
on finding a way to express aggression "without the necessary 
self-loathing." Why the high road? "It just gets so silly when you hear
these guys on their fourth record, saying 'Oh, life sucks.' Well, then
pull the trigger." Once the band overcame the fear inherent in 
starting a new, unexpected venture, he says they gained a new 
confidence and realized a number of things about themselves, not the 
least of which was that they happen to like loud, expansive, aggressive
and epic music. "We're not turning into hippies." What a relief.