Early this morning, Max Bemis of Say Anything posted a lengthy blog about the band's upcoming full-length, including its official title!



"Say Anything WILL be putting out a new album next year," Bemis stated at the beginning of his blog entry on the band's MySpace page. We'll be recording it in L.A. this winter and the record will be called Say Anything. Yes, self-titled. The nature of the record has changed since we intended on calling it This is Forever.

Bemis goes on to explain the meaning behind the self-titled record and how it relates to their past efforts. Quite interesting if you ask me ... but you didn't.

"If any person has followed our band, they understand our albums tell the story of a simple dude (me) and his evolution in life. This is the part where, having gone through his 'idealistic-yet-furious-virgin' phase (Baseball), young 'drunk-angry-pukey-sex' phase (... Is a Real Boy), his 'reaping-the-benefits-of-years-of-self-abuse-by-being-stuck-in-a-terrible-relationship" phase (In Defense of the Genre), he is finally confronted with the question of what the point of all of it was. What is the moral of the story? Why be in a band? Why try to 'get' the girl? You spend years bitching or hurting yourself and others until you realize there is really something to fight for and something to fight against and being a man means drawing the line. That, my friends, is where the real adventure begins."



Bemis ends his lengthy blog by expressing how excited he is for the new record and how thankful he is to the fans who have stood by the band all these years ...

"I promise that I love these songs to death. I REALLY hope you do too and that's all I can pray for. For those who thought In Defense, while cool, was too long and serious; I see this next outing as more darkly humorous and concise. for those of you who dug ...Is a Real Boy, but appreciate our later maturity, such as the addition of real singing to the drunken sailor routine; this record looks like it will be even more of a step forward, without giving away too much.

We are so thankful for your love. I am constantly humbled before your appreciation and I never thought we'd get this far, so we NEED to pay you back with a cool album or we'll be doing carnival-cruise-line-emo-nostaglia tours with jefree starr by the time you guys are forty. We will work it to the bone to not let you down. Recording begins ths winter in Los Angeles, California."

Meanwhile, Bemis has haulted his 'you pay me $150, I write you a personal song' business to work on the new record.

While you eagerly wait for Say Anything's new one, you can pick up the Two Tounges self-titled debut on February 3, Max Bemis and drummer Coby Linder's rock side project with Chris Conley and David Soloway of Saves The Day.