Working Title: TBA
Projected Date: 3/98, on Geffen

Cynics and other indier-than-thou types sneered at the quartet's signing to Geffen after several albums on Touch and Go. Will the label change the band? Whats it gonna sound like? Eli Janney, Scott McCloud, Alexis Fleisig, and Johnny Temple have enlisted the services of Nick Launay, who has engineered historic recordings for such crucial bands as Gang of Four, Pil, Killing Joke, and the Birthday Party. "He's the only person other than Ted (Nicely--the bands early producer) who made records we actually enjoyed," says Janney.

Launay's job was to maintain GVSB's aesthetic while "adding a little flash to it." "Its very heavy, but very groovy as well," says Janney, who reveals that RVS#7, a track from 1996's EP Disco 666 is a good indicator of their current direction. "I'm playing a lot more keyboards on this album, but as usual, they're all going through distortion pedals. It's still GVSB."

So a move to geffen won't alter the band's sound? "We have a pretty strict separation between our creative side and our business side," stresses Janney. "Although the label occasionally tries to blur that line, we've been successful in keeping those sides separate. Our greatest fear with signing to a major label was that it would interfere with our creative process. I'm happy to say that it hasn't." --written by Jason Pettigrew