GOJIRA NON-UPDATE UPDATE
Ten days now from now will mark the third anniversary of the release of Gojira’s The Way of All Flesh, and in December of that same year, Joe Duplantier said that the band would be recording an exclusive track to benefit Sea Shepherd. But by April of 2010, that song still had yet to materialize, and the band announced that they were, instead, doing an entire EP on behalf of that environmental organization, complete with special guests. Which was great news, of course! Especially so when the band declared that they were finally entering a studio to record that EP last October. And then, when an awesome new Gojira song featuring Devin Townsend and Fredrik Thordendal emerged this past May, well, it seemed as though, SURELY, the EP was finally ready for release.
And yeah so here we are and it’s October again and we don’t gots no Gojira EP.
Well, hey, news but no not really at all! The band has now posted an update on their Facebook page which provides almost no actual information!!! Check it out:
“A lot happened since our last message so we wanted to give you some news today and let you know we are still alive! We know you are all eagerly awaiting the Sea Sheperd EP release. We are sorry for the delay. Some of the material was on a hard drive that crashed but we are nearing the end of a long and difficult recovery process. Now the Good news: the new Album is ready! All the music and lyrics are waiting to be recorded. Joe is already in NY to check out the Studio and make sure everything is sorted so we can begin to record next month. A new website is being built and we are working on ways to improve the communication between the band and our fans. You guys fucking rule! Thanks!”
So that’s terrific. Not only is there no actual update on when the Sea Shepard EP is coming out, but now we have an additional full-length to await impatiently as well. Jeepers that’s great.
I know I sound like a dick and I hope everyone realizes it’s just ’cause I fucking love this band more than certain members of my family and I’m over it with the waiting game. At this point I feel the same way about an actual new release from Gojira that I do about the return of Arrested Development: I’ll believe it when I see it.
-AR
Thanks to Ashley Lee for the link.
