Speakeasy goes back in the studio

We don’t know how you celebrate the day after Christmas—going back to work, nursing a hangover, hitting up tha basketballz or what have you—but the members of Speakeasy do it by going back into the studio. Today through Wednesday Marcus Chatman, Shawn Eckels, Ryan Fannin and Reed Herron are hunkering down inside The Studio on South Avenue to record their first record since 2008′s All Your New Favorite Songs with local legend Lou Whitney, same as they did in September. The difference now, however, is that the longtime SGF rock band is out to record and release a physical album rather than individual tracks monthly on its website. With that in mind, singer and guitarist Shawn Eckels says to look for at least nine or 10 tracks to make it onto the finished record—which doesn’t have so much as a working title at this time—and possibly more songs if time allows. It’s a compressed recording schedule matched only by its compressed release schedule; Eckels says to look for the record in very early 2012. Whether or not that means we’ll see it before he hits the road on tour with Andy Frasco for six weeks starting January 15 remains to be seen, though it would seem like a long shot. We’ll keep you posted on more album details as they come in.