EF faves Brakes - at least that’s the name to those of you in the UK, here in the States we’re still getting used to their forced name switch to BrakesBrakesBrakes - have gone ahead and dove headfirst into the illustrious, glamorous, and sexy world of blogging, offering regular (and quite detailed) updates on everything Brakes(BrakesBrakes) over on their MySpace page.

Like what? Well, did you know that they’re currently working on their third album, the follow up to 2007’s Beatific Visions, out in the English countryside? It’s true, and according to a blog post from last week, they’ve already recorded demos of the following new tracks: “Hey, Hey It’s a Beautiful Day”, “Crush On You”, “Don’t Take Me To Space(Man)”, “Eternal Return”, “Consumer Producer Chicken or Egg”, “Cigarettes Go Down”, “Leaving England” and “Do You Feel the Same?”. Formal recording will commence in Glasgow in September.

Sounds very promising, yes?

Other bits insights gleaned from the Brakes blog include singer Eamon Hamilton’s Olympics-watching preferences (cycling, namely because it inspires British patriotism) as well as his thoughts on such contemporary acts as the ubiquitous MGMT (”Time To Pretend” = great song, “Time To Pretend” played live = absolute rubbish) and Hercules and Love Affair (good).

The band has one show scheduled for the time being, September 14th at the End of the Road Festival in Salisbury (along with British Sea Power, Bon Iver, Mercury Rev, The Mountain Goats and lots of others, see full lineup HERE). No word on any upcoming US dates (CMJ perhaps, pretty please?).

Until then, we’ll have to sate ourselves with more blog updates from the band. After all, if they blog it, we will come.

Listen: “Shut Us Down” (Camper Van Beethoven cover)

*above pice of Matt Eaton and Eamon Hamilton found HERE (via the Brakes blog of course)