Keeping Tabs On “The Avett Brothers”

While no official timeline has been revealed, it looks like the follow up to 2009′s I and Love and You will make it’s way to our ears by the end of the year.  The are currently in Asheville’s Echo Mountain studio with I and Love and You producer Rick Rubin.  It appears that The Brothers are aiming to out-do themselves again.  In an interview with Billboard.com, Scott Avett shares that “this time (they) have a really long list of songs, and we’ll just carve it from there and let the best and most appropriate songs see the light of day.”

Apparently the creative juices have been flowing lately, as they have an abundant amount of material to work with.  They have already completed one session of recording and have discovered they need to limit the amount of songs they record this go around at 25. “We have definitely that many we could do. The number of songs could probably go triple or quadruple that if we want,” says Avett.  As an avid fan, this is exciting to me both that they have an abundance of songs to start with, but that they are taking their time and not just slapping together a dozen songs so that they can get a paycheck and get back out on the road.

Speaking of…it won’t be long before The Brothers are out on the road again.  They kick off a new stateside tour on the 18th in D.C., which will quickly turn into festival hopping.  They are already scheduled for the Savannah Music Festival, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Mountain Jam 2011, and many more (seriously). Unfortunately this tour won’t lead them through Arkansas or Oklahoma, but I’m hoping the wife and I can make it down to Dallas to catch them at the Palladium in April.

And if you have yet to give The Avett Brothers a listen, start today by downloading The Gleam for only $1.99 on AmazonMP3.