Michael Gira is back in the studio recording the follow-up to The Angels Of Light Sing "Other People." (among the best albums of 2005 in my opinion, which should also be your opinion now, FOR YOU SEE, MY FRIENDS, I AM A SEASONED MUSIC CRITIC). Instead of enlisting Akron/Family this time around, Gira is surrounding himself with a new ensemble, including multi-instrumentalist Bill Rieflin (Swans, Ministry, R.E.M.), guitarist Christopher Hahn, cellist Julia Kent (Antony & The Johnsons), and a whole crew of people I don't currently know but will love to get to know via hammer dulcimers, violins, and some sweet, sweet vocals.
The album is tentatively titled We Are Him and is scheduled for an April 2007 release through Young God, of course. The only real mystery about the whole thing is where it's being recorded. There are rumors flying around about the world-famous Abbey Road Studios, lesser-known studio Petersburn, and even Steve Albini's Electrical Audio. Oh wait, this just in: it's some studio in Brooklyn. Mystery solved, now get the fuck away from me.
