Why no release date?
 

So does anyone know why Underworld are being so secretive with a release date for a new album? Are they afraid if they give a numerical date, that it will suddenly leak onto the web?

Or do they just not know yet themselves?

Re: Why no release date?
 

you should be happy that they are touring, the album will come, don't be afraid!
or are you planning to die in the next couple of days?

Re: Why no release date?
 

Probz not tready yet!

I think they released details of the last album in June/July 2002 ans it didnt come out till September, hence a lot of filesharing of it.

Re: Why no release date?
 

why does the fact that knowing hte name and date of an albumn increases the amount of filesharing of it? that makes little sense to me

Re: Why no release date?
 

Easy, when people know an album is coming they'll check to see if it's leaked. I did that last time and found it pretty easily (not to mention the album "reviews" on the Dirty forums a month before release date made it a fairly easy indicator that it was out there).

Knowing the name of an album can also be the keyword to finding the album, at least with most file sharing software.

Re: Why no release date?
 

But the album came out more than a month before the release date on the internet, June to be precise. The dirty forum reviews were all over the place relatively quickly.

Re: Why no release date?
 

seems like that October time frame would be about right....maybe we'll get a single from it in early september, hopefully like the 'old' singles with a whole hour of remixes, b-sides, etc.

Seems the band wouldn't even have the time to tour if they weren't like 75% done with new material....with these shows acting as a 'test the waters' sort of deal to tweak the other 25% and/or make last minute changes to the thing.

Remember that Rick is a "perfectionist". ;)

Re: Why no release date?
 

Please let it not be shit.

Simon

Re: Why no release date?
 

Wow, there's a positive attitude...

Re: Why no release date?
 

Okay, you guys all got the question confused.

I said, "why is there no release DATE", I didn't ask what the name of the album was.

And yes, I completely understand why they would hold off on naming the album because of file sharing - that makes sense.

But why are they so tentative on releasing a DATE for the new album?