It looks like The Vines could be set for a comeback.

Things have been very quiet on all news related to the Aussie band, but The Vines Facebook page has just had its first activity since April 2012, updating with a post revealing a new look lineup and band logo.

Frontman Craig Nicholls remains, pictured in a new press shot alongside bandmates Tim John (left, of Sydney band The Griswolds) and drummer Lachlan West (right, of Something With Numbers).

The three-piece have been working on a new album, The Vines’ sixth and the follow-up to 2011’s Future Primitive. The long gap between records, combined with the departure of long-term drummer Hamish Rosser in 2012 (leaving to join Wolfmother) “due to differences with  led to speculation that Nicholls’ disruptive behaviour had eventually led to the demise of the group.

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The recent makeover to the band’s social media however suggests that they have not split and in fact could be gearing up to release their long-gestating new album.

In June 2012 , a user on The Vines’ official forum uploaded an image of a letter from Nicholls stating he was in the process of recording new material, revealing that the songs were not for The Vines but for a separate project, but also confirmed a sixth Vines album was on the way.

An Instagram post from West confirmed The Vines had been recording at Sydney’s 301 Studio and had “finished mixing,” while an old post from managers Park & Mr French stated: “2013 has The Vines sixth album in the incubator and an announcement coming about a new and the first collaborative side project from Craig Nicholls.”

In a more recent interview with The Music for his other band, Something With Numbers, West noted that two producers had worked on the forthcoming release, with ARIA-winning Aussie Paul McKercher working on “the first half” of the album, while the second half had been handled by Lachlan Mitchell – who had been recommended to Nicholls by West after he walked on Something With Numbers’ Eleven Eleven album.

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A touted 2014 release for a new album from The Vines would mark 12 years since they first exploded onto the music scene with their debut album Highly Evolved, which eventually earned the band Platinum sales, an ARIA award (‘Breakthrough Artist – Single’ for ‘Get Free’) and four more nominations.

The 2002 release was also named by tastemakers NME as the second best album of the year (behind Coldplay’s A Rush Of Blood To The Head) and was listed in the 2010 book 100 Best Australian Albums by a panel of music industry figures.

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