7th studio album announced

evooba · January 27, 2016, 7:34am

Mike just said we’ll be getting an update in our emails soon.

minuteforce · January 27, 2016, 12:07pm

Oh, that’ll be my first LPU email/newsletter update, then.

EDIT: oh. Not LPU-exclusive

tenkaichi · January 29, 2016, 2:30am

That’s good news. Soon as in February I hope.

tenkaichi · February 8, 2016, 9:04pm

Where’s this email at?

evooba · February 9, 2016, 6:10am

No idea. But on another note, watch this if you haven’t. He says some stuff about the new album etc.

tenkaichi · February 9, 2016, 4:00pm

Thanks man, good stuff.

evooba · February 9, 2016, 8:30pm

And… email’s been sent. Thoughts?

I actually think it’s pretty cool they’re doing this, feels like a mini diary of some sort. Really appreciate it and hope to get more in the future.

tenkaichi · February 10, 2016, 3:13am

Oh shit, I didn’t get it. I’ll check my settings. Can you copy paste the article please?

jFar920 · February 10, 2016, 4:25am

A note from Mike:

Hey everyone,

We’re hard at work making some new music for you. The six of us have been more than enthusiastic about how this album is shaping up, and I’m happy to share this update!

As usual during an early stage, we don’t know a ton about where the songs will end up. They change shapes over and over during the writing process, and we usually write dozens of songs, which push each other in and out of contention for a spot on the final album.

One thing that’s making this album unique (so far) is the process. When we started out as a band, we often started our songs focusing almost entirely on the musical “track," with no vocals until the end of the process. The vocals were usually forced into the existing chords and structure of the song, which often times meant that some ideas we loved never “made it,” because good words or good melodies never showed up, even though we liked the music. Over time, we’ve started incorporating vocals earlier and earlier in the process, usually in the form of skat “la la la” vocals and gibberish words. Many of those demos have been shared as a part of our LPU albums.

But this time, we decided to go even further, and write more “traditionally." We’re starting with the most fundamental parts of the songs—the words and vocal melodies—and completely fleshing out those ideas before we begin working out the music. That means right now, we’re only focusing on the foundations upon which the songs are built. Some songs are just one piano, keyboard, or guitar, and a vocal. The concept and words of the song are front and center. We’ve even invited some new friends into the studio to bounce ideas off (more to come on that later).

So far, the new approach is paying off. The new stuff is really powerful, and the stories and emotional content is really shining through. We’re going to continue on this path until we feel like we’ve got more than enough material to begin the “sound” phase.

I’ve been posting some live video streams of studio days up on the Facebook page, so keep an eye out for those updates. And we’ll try to write some more updates as things go. This album is going to be insane, and we’re looking forward to taking you on the journey as we make it.

Best,
Mike
LP

tenkaichi · February 10, 2016, 8:16am

I’d like to cry, but I’m way too tired.

gatsie · February 11, 2016, 4:13pm

Wow thanks for sharing Mike’s email in here

tenkaichi · February 23, 2016, 4:01pm

Think we’ll get a single in March?

evooba · February 23, 2016, 4:05pm

Way too early. They’re in the very early stages of writing. My guess would be a single around September, album very late in the year. (and that, if they keep their promise, which we all know very well that they’re bad when it comes to predictions)

tenkaichi · February 23, 2016, 4:12pm

The damn album was supposed to be out in September!!!

theearlywalker · February 23, 2016, 4:20pm

@Tenkaichi for me it is better late and ready than early and not realy finished…quality costs it´s price due time

evooba · February 23, 2016, 4:24pm

Why? They never said anything like that.

I don’t mind how long it takes them. They can take all the time they want, better have a masterpiece that took ages to make than a rushed and bad album.

tenkaichi · February 23, 2016, 4:49pm

In a video, Mike said “around this time next year.” I believe that was in September.

evooba · February 23, 2016, 4:50pm

So, he meant September 2016. Makes sense. Still, we all know it take much longer than that. We just gotta wait.

Personally I’d love it if we got it in 2017. 1,5 years between albums is too soon for me.

tenkaichi · February 23, 2016, 5:21pm

We got THP in June 2014. Q3/4 2016 would be about 2.5 years…

evooba · February 23, 2016, 5:25pm

It still feels early to me

Bottom line is, I’ll be happy whenever the new album is gonna be released. As long as it’s great, I don’t care how long it takes them to make it.