The Adam and Joe show on XFM Radio is apparently no more. Why do I know or care about two guys I’d never heard of three days ago? Because during their last show on October 1, they played this—the first recorded output we’ve heard from Charlotte Hatherley’s next album. Please forgive the radio banter, it’s not easy to cut spoken stuff over the music unless you resort to a rather severe fade out. You’ll live.

The next album is currently untitled, but all the sound bits appear to be done—it’s recorded, mixed, mastered, whatever. Despite all this, you won’t likely hear any of it until December, when the first single hits the streets, and then the full album in February or March. As an aside, is it a normal thing to put out two singles before you release the album? That seems strange to me. Don’t expect a Stateside release for this album either, as the last album didn’t make any killer Go! Team-esque breakouts here. Hatherley will instead hit the road in Britain and rest-of-Europe for a good while, probably hit a couple of festivals, then make a break for Asia and Australia. In other words, if you want to see her live in the near future, best book that European vacation for the middle of next year.