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Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Sophomore Album Slated for Fall

Aaron Mandel reports:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have begun work on their new album, and according to what the band has relayed to NME, they intend to record the bulk of it in March for an autumn release. Despite this concrete timeline, however, the actual content of the second full-length is still very much up in the air. According to bandleader Karen O, the group is "not interested in making Fever to Tell, Part 2. The pressure is to re-invent ourselves. We don't know how we're going to do it yet but I think it's in our best interests to try and explore other directions."

The band has already recorded an untitled track, according to guitarist Nick Zinner. "I mixed it in L.A. a few days ago with [engineer] Alan Moulder, owner of the best ears in this universe. It sounds amazing and lush and heavy as fuck, and also is very indicative of our next step." If Zinner's facility with adjectives does not entirely convince you, a look at Alan Moulder's resume offers potential support for 'heavy' and, well, especially 'lush'-- he was one of the great studio men of the shoegaze era, building his early career with production and engineering work for My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride, Curve, Lush, and Swervedriver, although his recent work leans more toward cash machines like Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Zwan, and, most recently, The Killers.

Zinner named three more unrecorded songs that have already been written, and are presently slated for inclusion: "On Board", "Honey Bear" (both played at recent concerts) and "Cheated Hearts". The weeks between now and the planned studio time in March will be spent writing songs and working on what the NME breathlessly calls "mystery side projects." Perhaps Zinner and Karen O are at work on more Unitard material!

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