Tonight's hot off the press news comes from Relient K's Myspace blog.  Matt Thiessen logged on to tell fans they started recording a new record today with Mark Lee Townsend wearing the Producer hat at Dark Horse Recording studios outside of Nashville.  Next is a trip to California with John Feldmann at the helm.  A short west coast tour is planned for May.

Matt also reported that after release of The Bird And The Bee Sides, first record deal (six albums) was fulfilled with Gotee Records, making Relient K free agents.   He continued, “Matt Hoopes and I just signed up to begin positions as A&R for the soon to be resurrected Mono Vs. Stereo records. We'll sign a few bands a year, and also release Relient K's material through the label. We'll set up some email addresses soon with the specific purpose of receiving demos from unsigned artists. All this to say, we may eventually end up partnering up with the least evil of majors that expresses interest in giving us a helping hand.”  

In other Relient K news, check out the March issue of Alternative Press for a feature story on their guitar tech, James Hedges.