This thread is for posting any news or information regarding the possibility of Battle's next release, it can be ANYTHING even just small little hints noted by the band members. 
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Recent interview that was posted on Battles facebook page:
http://alarm-magazine.com/2012...e-art-of-the-b-side/
""I can say,” Williams says, “that I’m interested in the idea of doing all analog for the next thing. For the last record, I played with three laptops all the time. I’m finding a pure analog sound-stream to be sexy. That would be very liberating for me in some ways."
So I suppose they're going to begin writing the next record soon if not already..
I've read two other interviews that I can't find for some reason. One didn't list the member giving the interview but he said that the new album would feature just guitars (?) probably joking as it was given prior to the one linked above. The other one Ian just mentioned that he plans to use all analog keyboards, I think he said he's started using a Moog with some type of software arpeggiator. That already sounds awesome. Also said that they plan to release future material more frequently. I'd love some more EPs!
ian wants do something like jean michel jarre...
Thanks for the posts! I must say that their equipment is mystifying to me. I play the piano. Purely analog, LOL. So anything digital, I have no idea how they do it with all those synths and stuff. I look forward to whatever they come up with.
Ugh, I'm seriously dying for new details on whatever they're doing. I talked to Ian on facebook about a month ago and he said they were supposedly writing the new album, but I'd love to hear an actual tease from the band about it.
Oh I'd love to know what all Ian said!
Stanier is currently touring with Tomahawk til April so I guess they won't actually start putting the new album together until after then.
Looks like Tomahawk tour dates continue from June til September. Doubtful we'll see a new record this year.
Holy shit!
making the music at this very moment… RT @CiaranTomlin: @BATTLES @it_will will there be a new battles album pretty soon?
This is promising... Battles played a live show last weekend?!!
Ian WilliamsI broke all the rules and wore shorts at a @battles show on an upstate ny farm this weekend. http://bit.ly/14pmB82 #Seasonal
Forgot to post this. Nothing new, just pestering about the new record.
What is it? The image doesn't work for me.
Sorry, had to send it from my phone.
https://twitter.com/it_will/status/379723386509070338
Hi all. I've been skulking around this site on and off for a while now. Thought I would sign up and let you know, as per ian williams' twitter. The new record will be done by July and Warp will be putting it either in the fall or in january next year. He dosen't know yet. HOW FUCKING EXCITING. Also John Stanier gets married in June.
hi are there any album news??
cant wait for this.
cheers
I need a new Battles record in my life.
Hi all, Battles played a set of 100% live material in Poland last night. This will be their only 2014 live show. Anywho, here's a few links to bits and bobs I can find on all the usual social networks. They're all tiny and distorted snippets, but for those of us who are big fans (read, obsessed) they are a welcome treat - enjoy
https://edge.vncdn.co/vine/vid...6258651621004551.mp4
http://iconosquare.com/viewer....2608131813_467298687
http://iconosquare.com/viewer....4159919109_483577223
http://iconosquare.com/viewer....505281459233_1090684
I'll be posting whatever elese I can find here - https://twitter.com/CraigBainton
so feel free to follow.
xx
You mean 100% new material? Wow I guess a secret show?
Surprised I'm not finding anything on YouTube. What's wrong with Polish fans, too excited to record full songs? 
It wasn't a secret show no, it was Warp25. But yeah 100% all new material. New record early next year now i would assume.
holy shit this is good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMmysWgz_Q
Looks like some pro cameras were there, maybe we'll get some good footage eventually!
Oh wow!
Can't wait!
They're taunting us!!!
Another new video, full song!
Haha the guys are nuts on this new album! Love it.
http://www.feastofmusic.com/fe...on-ian-williams.html
Spring 2015!!!! The new tracks sound awesome.
News on new album is that it's an instrumental record and the final day for mixing is January 6th
http://t.co/og5EzAny2R
http://t.co/og5EzAny2R
http://www.classicalite.com/ar...ving-a-baby-girl.htm
Never knew Ian had a cameo in High Fidelity!
Clite: Are you in the studio right now?
IW: We were in the studio all month last month in October up in Rhode Island, which is the same recording studio we’ve made all of our stuff at, Machines with Magnets and most of it’s done, except I have a bunch of little details to finish up here and there so I’m trying to sort of clean things up and make it sound the way I want it to sound and I’m just doing that at home. And then, I don’t know, it will be out in the spring, that’s all I know.
Clite: What’s the sound with the new one?
IW: What’s the sound? I guess it’s instrumental. It’s all instrumental and we’re just sort of making music that we want to listen to, that’s all. Which is a really simple way of putting it I guess, we’re not trying to please anyone with this record, just trying to please ourselves. Do I think that we did things right? Yes, but I don’t know if the rest of the world will think that, but I think that they’ll like it. We got the chance to play one show late September, this past September. It was the first time we had actually, when we made the previous record we hadn’t played live with any other material, so we had to sort of make the record in the studio and afterwards we had to figure out how to play it. This record, we actually had the chance to play it live on stage at least once, it was probably a pretty sloppy show, not that great, but it was sort of like we played all brand new songs on stage, and to actually stand in a room in a space together and play it, it’s a small accomplishment. So the fact that, going into the studio this time we sort of know how to play it this time, which is for the better because the thing that happens is, after you record a record then you get to play a lot of live shows off of it. After you’ve played the songs for like a year and a half on stage, you become so much better at it, and then you look back at what you recorded and you’re like “oh my god, it was so primitive when we recorded this and now it’s our show, playing it in such a better way.” At least we got play it once before we recorded.
Yeah he's in the record store in the background
we need a dancey emoticon!
I'm ready for a new record!
