Pitchfork: The Concretes Recording New LP With Mike Mogis

The Concretes Recording New LP With Mike Mogis

Swedish indie pop collective the Concretes are currently recording the follow-up to their 2004 self-titled album with Mike Mogis, who is essentially the producer-in-residence for the Saddle Creek roster, as well as a member of that always evolving Bright Eyes band lineup.

Mogis, who records exclusively at his Presto! recording studio in Lincoln, Nebraska, has gone a long way to Stockholm to produce the Concretes' new album. While he has worked with non-Saddle Creek bands before, this marks the first time he has left his studio to record in a European studio with a European band. It'll be his first major project in seven months-- during that time, he was on Bright Eyes' world tour, playing with both lineups. It's nice to get out and see the world.

A source at the band's PR company tells us recording is going well and the band intends to come to Lincoln in September to finish the album with Mogis at Presto! The record, which will be released on Astralwerks, is currently slated to be come out in early 2006.

The Concretes have also recently issued a collection of B-sides and other rarities titled Layourbattleaxedown, which is available now from Astralwerks.