The Loudest Engine will be released in September 2011. Howling Bells' members Glenn Moule, Brendan Picchio, Joel Stein, and his sister Juanita Stein started writing for the album while they were on the road supporting Coldplay in May and June 2009 on the third leg of the North American Viva la Vida Tour. The band chose to allow Killers' bassist Mark Stoermer to produce the album, which was his first experience as a record producer. They connected with him while they appeared as the opening support act for his band on three separate occasions in 2006 and 2007. In September 2010, the band started recording at Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas. Stoermer and members of Howling Bells share a similar taste in books, film, and music. While recording, Stoermer would bring his collection of Hitchcock and cult films into the studio late at night and entertain the band with the old movies. According to Juanita (vocals, rhythm guitar), the album is a modern psychedelic record, and one that is more folk and rock than their previous two releases. For the band, The Loudest Engine feels like a continuation of their first record, Howling Bells. The band made the decision to not record anything that they couldn't perform live, referring to their last album Radio Wars, which was very electronically oriented.

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On the radio (Music For Listeners) Juanita said, "There was a quote from, I think it may have been Kings of Leon, who were saying that the third record really defines the band because your first is obviously your introduction and you’ve been working your whole life up to that point and then the second is always a reaction to the first one, which I think is what Radio Wars was to our first record. The third record] is the band being a little bit more comfortable about where we’re at and who we are and I think it really will define the band."

They expected the process of making the third album to be a lot easier than the events that occurred between Howling Bells and Radio Wars, when the band changed record labels. "There was a lot of red tape," said Juanita Stein, while Brendan Picchio added, "There’s no bureaucracy this time, it’s just going to be straightforward making the record."

However, later in 2010 Stein admitted that recording had been delayed by the very "red tape" they had hoped to avoid. In August she wrote on the band's Myspace page; "We have been busy writing, recording demos, changing labels, sifting through red tape, being frustrated and equally enlightened at various results and changes in the band's life! But the good news is we finally have a date to start recording our third album. September 15th we're off to record in the desert, where the Mojave meets the lights. We have a bunch of songs to work from and a damn good idea of which direction we wanna to head in." The recording location, "where the Mojave meets the lights", was Las Vegas.

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Hello.

To spread the word about the release of the brand spanking new album 'Radio Wars' today, we're offering the chance for anyone who changes their Facebook/ MySpace/ Bebo/iLike profile name/ picture today to win;

> a free signed copy of the album,
> a limited edition Howling Bells tote bag
> and for those who can get themselves along, 2 tickets to any UK Howling Bells gig of your choosing.

Fancy it?

All you have to do is change your profile name to 'Radio Wars... OUT NOW' or upload the album packshot (grab from link: http://tinyurl.com/bkp5do) then email info@independiente.co.uk with your profile url, your name and address and you'll be entered into the mix to be one of 5 winners.

Lets see how many we can get! Winners will be announced Monday 9th March.

Don't forget that there's also a chance to meet the band and see them perform at the Fopp store in Covent Garden (WC2H 9LL) at 5pm TODAY! Would be great to see you all there.

Thanks!

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