Coming in 2011!?#@!

[ewok20t3]

It's already looking like 2011 is going to fine year of music for me, as three of my favorite bands have already indicated plans of having new albums out. The newly reunited Further Seems Forever apparently have a new album coming out in the Spring. Thrice and Explosions In The Sky have both said that they'll have new albums in 2011. The future is bright!

[murlough23]

I didn't know Thrice was working on something new. Hopefully it's a little more cohesive than Beggars, which I liked, but which felt like a mere snack after The Alchemy Index.

A few albums that I was hoping would see the light of day in 2010 have been pushed back to 2011, most notably the new Fleet Foxes and Sixpence None the Richer's Strange Conversation. The latter was supposed to release last week, but got pushed back at the last minute. Feels like Divine Discontent all over again... I figure we'll see it in 2012.

On my "Meagerly Anticipated" list, Incubus and R.E.M. are scheduled to have new albums out next year as well. Also Michelle Branch's return to solo music, though that's also been in development hell for over a year. I'm willing to bet a few other artists rumored to be working on albums after a lengthy absence will get the punt to 2011 as this year wraps up as well.