Beck Has A New Record Coming Out, Kids

And he is a man of little mystery, for now. Entitled The Information, Beck's latest Nigel Godrich produced album will be released October 2. Nigel likes producing Radiohead albums, though he's not slated to do their latest, and he also produced Beck's Sea Change. Sea Change was a scantily-clad record without the sex, but you can expect an electric-fuck-ta-freak record from The Information. Is anyone else getting the feeling that it's going to do some deeper roaming through the streets of hip-hop?...Yes, on acid, of course. (I just found the music video for the new single We Dance Alone. I was right. Damn; all betting is closed.)

The CD is to come equipped with a do-it-yourself-liner-notes. In case you haven't graduated junior high yet or you're really into useless activities, you've been offered, by Beck himself, to build your very own The Information booklet. A blank sleeve and booklet will be packaged with a sheet of stickers. Beck also revealed that he will award his favorite booklet designer with a mystery video game console so you can waste more of your time. Okay that last part isn't true, and I won't hold it against you if you put Beck's sticker set to use, or play video games for that matter.

The Information will also come with a videodisc with, you guessed it, a video for each song. Remind you of the previous post? Wanna sell records? Well make us unable to live without it! Trick us into thinking that playing with stickers post-adolescence is fuckin' shweet. Whatever it is, you gotta do what you gotta do, and if that means some clowning around via the physical album itself, then so be it. Personally, I'd like Beck to hold the stickers and give us a refund for Guerro, instead. I'm just kidding. I never bought it. This album, on the other hand...now that's a bargain, buddy! Right? Say I'm right.

Check out Beck.com's video section for the We Dance Alone video