So after a long lull, we have a new album coming out! That's the good news. The not as good news is that it is not coming out at our State show next Friday as we had hoped and pushed ourselves for, but the album will be better off given a little more love and a little more time. (to those in the band that read this, yes I am a dork).

The new album will be the first Politicks album (mostly) engineered and produced by Politicks. Specifically, 7 of the 10 songs were recorded in my home studio and are currently being mixed by Julian McBrowne in Vermont.

I, along with other band members, am currently commuting back and forth to Vermont working on the final mixes with one of the great engineers in this business. Julian taught engineering at the New School in NYC, writes for Mix magazine and has engineered for Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson and was the personal engineer for Teddy Riley for a number of years.

So anyway, we are really excited about having complete control of our own music for the first time in a number of years. Some of you may have noticed that we have not been as active recently, and I don't want to get into it too much, but we have been through some shit in the last two years.

The worst of it was getting into a f##@*d up contract and losing control of our music. Some legal things are still pending so I won't mention anything more than that, but we are excited to be releasing a Politicks record that was made by Politicks and I think really represents who we are right now.

The album, Amuse Bouche, should be done within the next couple of weeks, so expect an official CD release soon!

- Mike