Yeah Yeah Yeahs at work on new album

Two thousand eight will be a big year for a lot of constituencies: politically engaged individuals, politically frustrated individuals, and individuals who really like to see the number 2008 in print. But you can now add two more groups to that list: people who like the word "dung" and people who are fans of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Both constituencies will be pleased by a recent update to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ website, which recently announced that the band is “currently writing and recording another record. A chunk of December was spent on a musical farm in Mass throwing cow dung at each other, making music makes us do strange things.” Strange and wonderful things, more like it.

There are no details about a release date or tracklist, but there are, however, plenty of news about the activities of Nick Zinner, Brian Chase and Karen O, who have put their time off to good use. Zinner has been working on a second book of photography, Chase has been collaborating with many a band and is working on a solo album inspired by the brilliant La Monte Young, and Ms. O “is piddling around on various top secret projects.” Could this be one of them? Stay tuned.

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