Today's Toronto Sun has 2 new articles on Rush where they talk to Geddy Lee about the new album and tour. The first is titled Spirit of Rush reborn: Fresh, back-to-basics approach breathes new life into band. It mentions how successful the single Far Cry has been and also reveals that Rush ticket sales for the tour are up 35% over their 2004 R30 tour. Geddy then goes on to explain the process behind the recording of Snakes & Arrows:

... Lee said there were two key ingredients in making Rush sound fresh again: Recording the 2004 EP of '60s covers, Feedback, and recruiting Grammy-winning co-producer Nick Raskulinecz ... "It felt fresh," said Lee, relaxing in a back room recently at Rush's management offices in Toronto. "A couple of things happened. The way we recorded Feedback was so basic and so back to roots, you know the three of us just in a studio playing together, that made us realize how much more exciting recording should be, rather than computerizing the whole thing and belabouring it. And also, playing those songs from that period was a great way of reminding us about certain truths that existed about writing rock songs back then, that shouldn't have changed. But in our own way we got very dense about our songwriting, and that was a way of bringing us out of ourselves a little bit more and reminding us about some of the fundamentals that go into writing a great rock song." ...

In the second article titled Practice makes perfect Geddy talks about rehearsing for the new tour and mentions how he might fill up his side of the stage this time around:

... "Listen, if a guitar player can have a bank of amps that he doesn't really need, I can have a bank of things that I don't really need. It's a comment. People ask and you always have fun with it, 'Well, you know, we want that warm, dry sound.' I don't think I'm bringing dryers on this trip. I have a few ideas I'm working on right now."

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