60% Closer, 40% Further

Sleater-Kinney are in the studio working on their sixth album, and according to drummer Janet Weiss the band is "about sixty percent done with it," with plans for a late-August release. The untitled album will be the group's first since "All Hands on the Bad One", which was released nearly two years ago. During that downtime, singer/guitarist Corin Tucker had a child, while guitarist Carrie Brownstein and Weiss busied themselves with side projects Spells and Quasi, respectively. As with 1997's "Dig Me Out" and "All Hands...", John Goodmanson is on board as producer. After wrapping the album, the next course for their ship is a fall tour. According to Weiss, the trek will likely comprise a series of shorter jaunts that together will cover the US.