As the saying goes, good things always come in threes. The New Year fully subscribes to the maxim and proves as much with this, the launch of their third and final album teaser video clip. A little secret: this one includes a brief audio preview of what will be their first single, “The Company I Can Get”, from the upcoming self-titled album (out 9/09/08).

I need this album. Now.

The New Year will be at DC9 on October 21st. Click below for the rest of their tour schedule.

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On September 23rd, Astronautalis (Andy Bothwell) will return with his third full length, Pomegranate. This is Astro’s first album since 2006’s The Mighty Ocean And Nine Dark Theaters. Since the release of that album, Bothwell has relocated from Jacksonville, Florida to Seattle. Bothwell has also made the move to Eyeball Records, who will handle the release of Pomegranate. This will be the New Jersey label’s first release by an artist with hip-hop roots, but to be fair to Bothwell, he is notorious for his incredibly diverse palette, a fact you’ll realize with just a single listen to one of his albums. Pomegranate was produced by John Congleton and Chris Godbey. You can preview the album’s strong opening track, “The Wondersmith and His Sons,” on Astro’s MySpace.

Pomegranate
01. The Wondersmith and His Sons (Stream)
02. 17 Summers
03. Secrets of the Undersea Bell
04. My Old Man’s Badge
05. Two Years Before The Mast
06. Mr. Blessington’s Imperialist Plot
07. An Episode of Sparrows
08. The Case of William Smith
09. Trouble Hunters
10. Avalanche Patrol
11. The Most Important Track on the Album
12. The Story of My Life

Tour
7/31/08 – Seattle, Washington – Jewel Box Theater @ Rendezvous

Stars Of The Lid’s Brian McBride has joined forces with producer Kenneth James Gibson to form Bell Gardens. The duo are working on an album that Gibson describes as “a new heady, classical, pop record” that contains “lots of vocals, strings, horns.” I know that isn’t much information, but I’ll try to dig up more. Until then, you can visit their MySpace page to listen to five rough mixes and form your own opinion. Listen to “To Land.” The strings sound great. It is wonderful to hear McBride tackle more straightforward material while retaining his classical influences.