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Misery Signals frontman confirms band, album details
Misery Signals vocalist, Karl Schubach has lifted the lid on the Wisconsin band's plans for their upcoming fourth studio album, stating that the group will begin writing in the middle of the year.Misery Signals have been quiet since guitar player Stu Ross and bassist Kyle Johnson left the band respectively last year.However, the Misery Signals frontman took to his Twitter page recently to inform fans that preparation for a new album was well underway, also noting that the band had recruited new members, with an official statement due shortly."MS is writing new material in June/July. Solace record will be finished mixing by the end of the month. Hang tight!We're back to full strength. An official announcement should be coming shortly. Can't say much about it at the moment.We're focusing on bringing the new guys up to speed at the moment. Going to start writing in June," Schubach wrote in various Twitter posts.Misery Signals's last studio album was 2008's 'Controller'.
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The Famine announce break up
Only a day after the departure of their drummer Mark Garza, The Famine have announced that they will be breaking up. The band's vocalist Nick Nowell posted the following: "The Famine never should have existed. I don't mean that like when a jealous brother screams 'I wish you were never born!' at his little sister. What I mean is that we came together as a group of married thirty-somethings with kids and small businesses. Our singer lived on the other side of the country. It was a cumbersome proposition, but we made it work. Most of you are familiar with the fire that claimed most of our equipment and the departure of our vocalist about a year ago. We should have never been able to make our last record, but we did. This brings us to the present day. "As of this past Saturday, The Famine is no more. In my mind, bands break up because Courtney Love kills their singer or because they can't stand each other. Neither of those circumstances is descriptive of our situation. For us, life si...