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Jimmy Eat World have wrapped up the recording and mixing of their new album. You can read a message from the band below.
done. i declare our album recorded. next up mixing. we have spent the last few days in LA tweaking on some 11th hour changes to the album. some whip-cracks, explosions, bells, glocks and the occasional reverse cymbal. wouldn’t be cliche if it didn’t work, right? seriously. i feel great about this. at this point in the record making process i always get this deep feeling of excitement. as if i am the only one who knows a cool secret. i can’t wait to show you guys what we have been doing for the last year. we have learned a lot making this album and hopefully, we will not take so long between records again.
we need some b-sides… anyone have a good suggestion for a cover song? post on our message board!
jim
Ruth has posted a new song titled “You Are” on their MySpace page. The song comes from from the bands forthcoming album, Secondhand Dreaming, due out June 26th on Tooth & Nail Records. Check out the album art below.

Sullivan has launched their new album website at www.cover-your-eyes.com. You can also listen to Sullivan’s new song “Goodbye, Miss Havisham” on their MySpace page.
Weatherbox‘s debut music video for “Armed to the Teeth” can be seen below. The song is off the bands new album American Art in stores now.
Be sure to check out these releases hitting stores tomorrow.
Circa Survive – On Letting Go
Driver Side Impact – Very Air We Breathe
Angels & Airwaves have posted some question and answer videos on their website here.
Motion City Soundtrack are set to release their new album, Even If It Kills Me, on September 18th. The first single off the new album, “Broken Heart” will be released on June 26th worldwide through all digital outlets. A video for the first single will debut a few days prior to the release on the bands website. The band will embark on a full U.S. headline tour of small clubs on July 5th, will fly over to Japan for Fuji Rock, and will play Lollapalooza in August. Full dates include:
JUL 05 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
06 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
07 San Francisco, CA -Great American Music Hall
08 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction (SOLD OUT)
10 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
11 San Diego, CA – Soma
12 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
14 Denver, CO – Gothic
20 Orlando, FL – Social
21 Atlanta, GA – The Loft
23 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at the TLA
24 Boston, MA – Axis
25 NYC, NY – The Gramercy Theatre (SOLD OUT)
28 Fuji Rock – Naeba, Japan
AUG 01 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
02 Milwaukee, WI – Rave II
04 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
06 Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
07 Toronto ON – Opera House
More dates to be announced soon.
Circa Survive are streaming their new album, On Letting Go, on their MySpace page. On Letting Go hits stores this Tuesday on Equal Vision Records.