Modernrock New Release

Vampire Weekend

Album: TBA

Release Date: TBA

"In some ways [our first three albums were] like kind of one massive period of obsessing, making music, touring, all those things," Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig told the No Effects Podcast last May. "I think now for the first time in a long time I kinda feel like, a little bit more relaxed. Like, 'Yeah, we'll definitely make a fourth album.'" Details are still scant, but the indie rock foursome's leader revealed that he wants their fourth album to "feel like a new era." He also said that discarded songs from the Modern Vampires sessions are among the tracks being considered for the as-yet-untitled project.

Animal Collective

Album: Painting With

Release Date: February 19th

The day before Thanksgiving, those traveling through the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore may have been lucky enough to get the first taste of Animal Collective's upcoming album, Painting With, which was debuted via the airport's PA system. According to Avey Tare's cousin, Matt Baetz, the album was "heard best in the bathrooms, some observation areas, pre-security and the big lounge after security." In a recent interview in Rolling Stone, the band promised to cut down on their signature reverb and embrace a much poppier sound, much more like 2007's Strawberry Jam – or, the Beatles at their druggiest peak. Lead single "FloridaDa" retains all the bubbly idiosyncrasy of the avant-pop trio. Due Feburary 19th, the album features cameos by The Velvet Underground's John Cale and saxophonist Colin Stetson, as well as some "metal rods from the Poltergeist soundtrack." 

My Morning Jacket

Album: TBA

Release Date: TBA

My Morning Jacket just released their seventh album The Waterfall last May, but they're already looking forward to the eighth. At the time of The Waterfall's release, the band revealed that they had produced over 24 songs, and that they would release the remaining material in 2016 – though their latest tour has made finalizing the next LP a bit difficult. "It's this pile that I'm always mixing up, if I have a week or two off, I'm at home playing with the pile, or working on a solo record, or working on Jacket stuff or trying other stuff," MMJ's Jim James told Rolling Stone. "We'll definitely record more to make another record. There's some things that we did for the last record that will end up getting used, I think, that I really like a lot. There's only half the story there for the next record.