Why no release date?

[MN-Jeff]

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?

[Winston]

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?

[Dirty0900]

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.

[patrick]

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

[Malt Refund]

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.

[grady]

Originally Posted by Malt Refund

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).

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.

[the mongoose]

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".

[goldfish]

Please let it not be shit.

Simon

[Raz]

Wow, there's a positive attitude...

[MN-Jeff]

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?