http://www.nme.com/news/new-order/71092



New Order are planning to release an EP before the end of the year.

The band's keyboard player Gillian Gilbert says the five-piece have been writing and will record the tracks in September "once the kids have all gone back to school".

To speed up the writing process, the band – Gilbert, along with Bernard Sumner, her husband Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman – have decided to release the EP rather than wait until they have enough material for a full album

Gilbert said: "We're waiting on Bernard's lyrics. But it's been sunny this week, so he can't possibly write when it's sunny, but we want to do things now. We don't want to be like the old New Order and keep everyone waiting for years, we want to be the new New Order. We've been writing in short bursts, so we'll just work on four songs at a time instead of waiting another two years to finish an album."

New Order, who have a new album 'Live At Bestival 2012' out now, are headlining Transmission 005 at Jodrell Bank on July 7. Johnny Marr also features on the bill, sparking rumours he might join New Order on stage for an Electronic reunion, the duo he formed with Bernard Sumner. Commenting on that, Gilbert said: "It'd be nice, wouldn't it? You never know do you."

"We're all really looking forward to playing there," she added. "We all went to see The Flaming Lips a few years ago when they did played there, so when the chance came up to do it ourselves we jumped at it. The stage is right next to the radio telescope, and while The Flaming Lips were on it moved around. It was quite a sight."

Asked whether New Order would stay together for the foreseeable future, Gilbert said the band had initially only reunited for two gigs in 2011, one in Paris and another in Brussels, before deciding to carry on.

"We did one year, and then another, and now we're writing and planning to release more music next year. It'll come to an end one day, but we don't know when. You can never tell with New Order. Just when you think the band is coming to an end, it takes off again".

Banging out stuff asap? Like my father's juice, I find that hard to swallow. But we live in hope.
There's speculation that the Stuart Price / BL sophomore may morph into New Order.

Apologies if this's been posted before http://www.guardian.co.u...ew-order-record-eps-tour (I'll apologise for the possibility of repeating an article but not for the swallow joke).

The odd thing about Technique is it's the best studio-wise, the least successful live-wise...?
Don't misunderstand my last posts, (a) I don't suck off relatives unless they look like Mel C, (b) I'd be happy as Cameron Diaz' tampax if they put out EP after EP. I just find it a tad dubious given their track record. They may even be BSing to keep sounding active and relevant. The Other Two went on for years about EPs and even a 3rd album, all that actually came was Swing.

Well, going by what Gillian says, it doesn't really sound like they have already worked on recordings. Which makes one wonder what the past implications of working with Stuart Price or Chemical Bros. actually ever meant. Just possibilities that never really happened?

"we want to be the new New Order." That sums it up perfectly, and it's precisely why -no matter how much he trash talked- Hooky is right about it. I understand their end-of-carrer tour, but I don't get this new album thing.
It's not like most people on the gigs even know about Lost Sirens, which is 50% good at least. Why bother making Bad Lieutenant 2.0?

Well, yeah. Sorry that my contributions, like my dad's tackle, are dribbling out in little spurts - but I wonder if this is just publicity so they'll sound productive and not just yet another has-been live outfit retreading ancient history? I can only speculate, but as last year's Mojo article pointed out, one of the things that sets this tour apart from all the other oldies is the possibility of new stuff. I hope I'm wrong, I'd happily settle for one EP a year over half-assed half-baked half-promises of LPs (Stu Price, BL2, O23, even Lost Sirens 06 - 12). I just can't imagine 'em beavering away like - well, like beavers. We'll see.
PS I like BL. I don't like O2. I also like beer.

Is this a joke? Sugarcane is cheesier than a vicar's penis during Grange Hill. Gimme 'I'll Stay With You' any day.

Oh and getting weird, Mike.

Very weird.

I keep dicking about on this thread repeating myself and half-speculating then repeating that too. So I'm gonna sum up my thought(s) and then forever hold my piece (nowt wrong with masturbation).
I'm sure most/all of us would champion regular, focussed EPs over what we normaly get i.e. rererereleases, sporadic and hit 'n' miss albums, vague talk triggering endless speculation round here but no actual result (Stu Price 1, BL 2, O2 3, even - it seemed for years - the Lost Sirens). I just can't see 'em knocking stuff out like that, or London indulging their every whim like Factory. The Other Two went on for ages about a similar approach, all that actually emerged was ONE song, albeit in two forms. Even now they're being comfortably vague - 'should', 'hope', 'you never know' etc - I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was just salesperson talk to lambast criticisms of being dinosaurs revisting the past. I hope I'm wrong, but there've been so many false alarms I'll believe it when I see it.
PS Cock.

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But it would be so cool if he write some stuff like "It's an occupation I don't like, but it pays the rent and turns on the light" again... But without the dancehall beat, of course.

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