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Ben Folds Five working on new album

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 Ben Folds Five entered the studio late last week (pictured) to begin recording a new album. The album will be their first since 1999's The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner. A mid-year release is expected. The band, known for singles such as "Brick" and "Song For The Dumped," disbanded in 2000, reunited for one show in 2008 and reunited again last year to record three new tracks for frontman Ben Folds' The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective.

Ben Folds Five entered the studio late last week (pictured) to begin recording a new album.


The album will be their first since 1999's The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner.


A mid-year release is expected.


The band, known for singles such as "Brick" and "Song For The Dumped", disbanded in 2000, reunited for one show in 2008 and reunited again last year to record three new tracks for frontman Ben Folds' The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective.