According to Consequenceofsound.net, the recently revamped line-up of The Rentals, led by former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, are inviting you into their studio. After reuniting for a tour celebrating their debut album, "Return Of The Rentals" in 2007, the band has embarked on a new and rather ambitious project entitled, "Songs About Time".
This year-long endeavor, a "
multimedia" project of sorts, is separated into three sections, or "
mini-albums." "
Photographs About Days" will have one photo posted each day that will "
chronicle songs about time." "
Films About Weeks" will present "
52 films in 52 weeks", featuring music specifically scored for each short video. "
Songs About Time", the third and most important section, will release three, digital mini-albums over a span of six months (April, July, and October). All of the mini-albums will be available to stream or download.
The project can be streamed for free at the Rentals website. At the end of the year, The Rentals will release a box set of the project, which as of now will be the only way to obtain the mini-albums in a physical format, both as compact discs and 180-gram vinyl records. Also, one of the 365 rolls of film will be added to the first 365 orders of the box set, which can be pre-ordered as soon as the first mini-album comes out in April.
