The Wrens Sign Deal For "Nearly Done" New Album — stereogum.com

Nov 11th '14 by Chris DeVille @ 1:13pm7 Comments The Wrens have been saying their follow-up to 2003 masterpiece The Meadowlands is almost finished for years and years, and last fall we even got our hopes up enough to put it in the top 10 when we listed the most anticipated albums of 2014. But now there’s some concrete evidence that the album is really, truly, actually nearing completion. As Pitchfork points out, co-frontman Charles Bissell posted an update to the band’s website announcing that they’ve signed with a record label to release the long-awaited project. At the end, he promises that “this record is actually happening. And nearly done.” Although he didn’t specify which label or give any inkling of a release date, this is very promising news. Here’s Bissell’s full dispatch:

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