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Mark E. Smith and whoever else is or will be in the Fall come next year will release their gazillionth full-length on Narnack Records in late January/early February. The album is called Reformation and features twelve songs, including the title track, "My Door", "Fall Sound", and "Scenario", which we really hope is a Tribe Called Quest cover. The album cover will feature a photograph of the band by seasoned rock photographer Bob Gruen.

There are also two Fall-related books scheduled for release next year. The first is Smith's autobiography, Renegade: The Gospel According to Mark E. Smith, due out on April 26. The second is a collection of short fiction inspired by the band's songs and is titled Perverted by Language: Fiction Inspired by the Fall. It comes out on June 28.

The Fall also contributed the Fall Heads Roll track "Blindness" to a recent commercial for a Mitsubishi SUV. Especially weird is the fact that the company inexplicably decided to keep Smith's vocals, which come in right at the end with, "I was walking down the street." What a ringing endorsement for an automobile!