New Cribs This Year?

Johnny Marr and the brothers Jarman have announced that they'll be heading back to the studio this year to work on their fifth studio album. Here's what they're telling fans on their website: "Despite currently being on a break, unfortunately The Cribs are not superhuman and still have to eat, therefore they will be playing a handful of Summer Festival shows this year before heading into the studio to work on their 5th album." They'll be headlining Saturday night -- June 11th -- at Scotland's RockNess Festival. They are a great live band, and I'd highly recommend checking them out.

I loved their last album, 2009's Ignore the Ignorant, and thought it was the best Johnny Marr record since The Queen is Dead. Marr's guitar work was solid throughout, and his presence seemed to tighten the rest of the Cribs lineup. I'm very eager to hear what Marr has up his sleeve for the new record. In the meantime, here they are at Glastonbury last year performing "We Share the Same Skies."