The Future Kings of Nowhere frontman Shayne O’Neill revealed today on the band’s MySpace blog and Facebook fan page that FKoN has officially ended its hiatus, but it’s time to take the show on the road.
“I’ve been living in this area of N.C. for a long time — almost 20 years now — and it is long past the time for me to leave,” O’Neill writes. “I’ve decided to try my hand at big city living, move to New York this summer, and take FKoN back to its solo roots for a little while.”
O’Neill also says that while on hiatus, he’s been “writing a bunch of new songs that I’m really excited to share with y’all soon.” Those songs will be released in the form of two albums.
“The first will be a bare-bones version of the new batch of songs. Something close to what I’ll be doing at the solo shows. Call it a demo or an EP or whatever you want. I’m planning on releasing that for free online, and also having some CDs of it for sale while I’m on the road,” O’Neill writes. “The second album, which is going to be a little further out, will be a more fully realized version of the first one, with all of the drums/bass/horn/voices/etc that (to me) make our debut so fun to listen to.”
In addition to the two albums, O’Neill says fans can finally look forward to the split 7″ he’s been promising with The Never. The release will feature The Never’s acoustic rendition of “Vampire” recorded at Owl Room Studio. In the mean time, you can download the track over at the band’s ReverbNation page.
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