Shirley Manson, my fave Oliver Peoples Eyewear spokesmodel du jour, is featured in the pages of the new issue of British Elle magazine. In her interview, Shirley teases that plans are in the works not only for her own solo album … but for the reformation of Garbage AND a short film of some sort. As you may recall, Shirley posted a message on her Facebook account alerting fans to the fact that she’s been in the studio with her Garbage bandmates … so her interview teases may actually come to fruition. Here is one of Shirley‘s Elle mag photos and some excerpts from her interview:

On the music bug: “I went to Coachella and for the first time I thought ‘OK I’m ready to do this again’, I got that burn-y feeling.”

On her recent tragedies: “When Mum became ill with dementia, it knocked the stuffing out of me. I didn’t want to make music anymore, didn’t feel creative, I could barely function.” [...] “Friends of mine lost their six-year old son to cancer last year and asked me to sing Life on Mars, at the memorial. We were all in so much pain but it meant so much to them that I could sing that song and so much to me that I was able to do something. It made me realize how music sustains people. I don’t know why I turned my back on it.”

On her future plans: “There is talk about doing my own record, reforming with Garbage and a short film too. Whether it’ll all come off, I don;t know. I’ve learnt in life that I need to take it one day at a time.”

On her body issues: “I used to get upset that I wasn’t pretty enough and I didn’t enjoy photo shoots. But when I watched myself on TV, I saw myself in a normal light and I’d aged. It came as a relief that I could accept who I was and where I was.”

On fear of aging: “I think that comes from fear of not having chances, not being able to live the life you want. But I believe if you’re an interesting person your life is not going to shrink. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’m comfortable with getting older, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to be told that my life is over because I’m supposedly over the hill.”

On her latest music discoveries: “I’m crazy about Them Crooked Vultures, absolutely nuts about that record. I love the new Spinnerette record and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I’m crazy about Karen O. She’s one of the few women who’s come up in my generation who has genuinely thrilled me.”

OMG … LOVE this interview!! The thought of Shirley making music again just gets me all hot and bothered. Please, Shirley, make a solo album AND another Garbage album. Your fans are dying for your music! But, before I plead for new music some more, let’s look at some of the other photos of Shirley from his issue of Elle magazine — after the jump …

I’m not sure I like the severe styling of this photoshoot but … Shirely Manson is a beauty, no question. I’ll be hoping and PRAYING that we’ll get to hear some new music from her very soon (hopefully THIS YEAR) in either solo or band form. I’m just putting it out there in the universe … NEW SHIRLEY MANSON MUSIC, NEW SHIRLEY MANSON MUSIC. This will be my mantra until it comes to be :)

OH, and by the way, you can click HERE to see scans of Shirley‘s article in Elle to read her full interview.

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