Earlier this week Nikka Costa updated her website with audio from her single "I Don't Think We've Met" and an "Electronic Press Kit" video with clips of her working on the new album. I'm not sure how I feel about the single yet, but some of those tracks in the EPK are sounding tasty.. especially the last one where they are playing in 5/4.
The album is slated to come out October 24th, but release dates from major labels are about as reliable as intelligence reports from Colin Powell. And judging by this message Nikka posted on her site yesterday, she might be running into another case of industry rule #4080:
FROM NIKKA:
HELLO ALL MUSIC LOVERS.....THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP SEEM TO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WITH THE BIG PICTURE....
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WAS NOT PUT HERE TO CONFORM TO WHAT IS BEING PUSHED ON MOST AIRWAVES....AND IT SEEMS THESE DAYS THERE IS LITTLE FAITH IN SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT PUSH A FEW BUTTONS....IT IS SO EASY TO PLAY SAFE BUT WHAT WOULD OUR WORLD BE IF THAT'S ALL WE EVER DID?
IF YOU CARE ABOUT GOOD MUSIC, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING WITH SOME BALLS AND NOT AFRAID TO CARVE A NEW LANE THEN PLEASE EMAIL THE CEO OF VIRGIN RECORDS AND LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO CARE ABOUT GOOD MUSIC....THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME IN PARTICULAR BUT MY PASSION FOR SOMETHING BESIDES WHAT WE ARE FORCEFED EVERYDAY IN POP CULTURE AND ON THE RADIO.
