dear lovely readers,

i just returned home from a wonderful show: ghosts of the great highway, austin crane, and jill andrews. shows like that make me want to make music.

and so, i thought i would update you on the recent recording activities of the lovely few.

we finished tracking (most of it, anyway) for the new album last month. taylor has relocated to nashville, where he will record his parts and do post production. right now, we are thinking the album will have 10 tracks, around 9 of which will be new songs.

with taylor out of the area, our live performances will look a bit different. it seems that our members are a bit transient. that's ok. when i began this project, the idea was to have my friends playing music with me. as those friends go off to do their own things, i do miss them, but hope the best for them. as for the lovely few: as long as i have friends around, an this basic sound, we will play under this moniker.

the new album does not have a set release date. we still have some final budget issues to work out before we know what the end product will look like. this will definitely be the most expensive lovely few project to date; that's not saying a lot, though.

as this thing becomes more clear, we will keep you posted.

we will be touring to promote the new songs in advance of the release this fall and winter.

stay in touch, please.

-mike