Are Brand New in the studio with Mike Sapone?

It looks as though Brand New may have finally returned to the studio, and could be hard at work with producer Mike Sapone.

In a photo posted on the producer’s Facebook page, the Long Island band were tagged alongside drum company C&C Drums and Cove City Sound Studios, with a photo of a drum kit, hinting that work may have begun on the band’s fifth album.

The rumour flames have been stoked by the fact that Brand New have previously recorded three of their four albums with Sapone - as well as one track from their sophomore effort ‘Deja Entendu’ - and they recently revealed that a fifth album may be on the cards.

Taking to their website back in June, the band explained that “a lot has gone on the last few weeks”,“some writing, some recording, some new gear, some studio building”.

The band are currently out on the road playing some shows around North America, with their remaining plans looking like this:

AUGUST
28 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
30 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
31 Seattle, WA The Showbox SoDo

SEPTEMBER
01 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
04 Anchorage, AK Bear Tooth Theatre

OCTOBER
12 Richmond, VA The National
13 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
21 Birmingham, AL Iron City
22 Oxford, MS The Lyric
24 Orlando, FL House of Blues
25 Miami Beach, FL Fillmore
26 St Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
28 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
29 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
30 Norfolk, VA The Norva

Brand New’s most recent album ‘Daisy’ was released back in 2009.