Automatisch Für Die Völk! That could be the title of REM’s yet untitled new album whciht he band have just wrapped up recording in Berlin, Germany. The follow up to 2008’s underwhelming Accelerate was recorded with producer Jacknife Lee, with the group due to mix the album in the ahead of a release in autumn 2011. Band manager Bertis Downs said: “I will not report on the sound or the dimension of the recordings so far, to my ears it all sounds like quite a wonderful set of songs.” The record will be the band’s 15th studio release.

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