"Cold" Is Part of a Crash Love Song Title

We have a confirmed part of a second Crash Love song title, determined from the studio video featuring a progress chart with track names on it. The general consensus is that the title is “Cold Hands.” A Despair Faction member asked Davey about this title, as well as the possibility of a first single, in an Ask AFI question. Unfortunately the questioner mistakenly asked about “Cold Breath” being the song title instead of “Cold Hands.” Davey replied with the following:

You’ve [got] the first word right! I don’t think a single will be decided on until the whole album is finished, but you never know. DXH

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Jade Talks Jawbreaker In New Alt Press Issue

In the July 2009 issue of Alternative Press, a music magazine, 24 artists were asked to write a page-long essay about a band who inspired them to make music their life. Jade Puget of AFI wrote about the band Jawbreaker. A scan of his essay can be found here. (Credit to LikeBricks on the DF)

In other news, the studio video AFI posted yesterday contains an interesting shot at about 22 seconds. Several board members have found frames in the video that clearly show a studio progress chart with what appears to be track names. The only title that is somewhat discernable is “Cold Hands.” However this title has not been confirmed by anybody. If you would like to see the enhanced frame, click here.

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On The Arrow Available On iTunes

Before AFI’s Nitro Years catalogue was removed from iTunes for one month, the iTunes bonus track for Decemberunderground, “On The Arrow,” was only downloadable if you also bought the entire album. Now you are able to purchase “On The Arrow” for 99 cents, just like every other song on the record. Click here to go to the iTunes Store page. The song can also be found on the Australian Love Like Winter single.
In other iTunes-related AFI news, Black Sails In The Sunset is no longer listed as a partial album as it was previously. Now all 12 tracks are available. “Morningstar” is still missing from The Art of Drowning.

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3 Songs From Crash Love Mixed

Hunter has posted a Twitter update from the airport on the way to Chicago. He is listening to AFI mixes, of which three have been completed. There are 9 still remaining. AFI began mixing Crash Love on Thursday, May 14. They completed the first song on Saturday, May 23. Since then they have mixed two more songs.
One possibility brought up in a comment here was that the first song took longer to mix because AFI was trying to find the correct sound they wanted. If that is true, the rest of the mixing should be faster as well.

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Guitar Hero 5 featuring AFI

Apparently Guitar Hero is still making games. Who knew? They’re up to their fifth game which will include several talented artists, including our own AFI. The game is set to be released September 1st, 2009.

CBS Radio brought us the AFI news. A scavenger hunt put out by Rock Band began on Tuesday to unveil the artists, you can read more about that here. As we all know, GH has featured Miss Murder and Carcinogen Crush in the past. IGN proclaims this upcoming game as “Featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, the entire set list is at players’ finger tips from the start.”

Loads of speculation as to what this AFI song could be. Genre defining? I’m rooting for Days of the Phoenix. What about you guys?

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Crash Love Will Have 12 Songs

According to a Twitter update made by Hunter on Saturday afternoon, AFI has finished mixing one song from Crash Love, and has 11 more to go. This suggests that the album will have 12 tracks. However, this is not set in stone, so that number could possibly change.

One @AFI song mixed, eleven to go! I sure hope no one is holding their breath!

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AFI To Appear In New Alternative Press Issue

In the July 2009 issue of Alternative Press magazine, 24 essays will be written by members of 24 different bands about the artists who inspired them to pick up an instrument and start playing music. One of these essays will be written by a member of AFI. At this point it is unclear which member it will be.

AFI did not get the cover, however AFI has been featured on the cover Alt Press before, most recently in the July 2006 issue.

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Jade Details Blaqk Audio Activities

Jade has made a post on his blog describing the activities of Blaqk Audio last weekend. This corresponds to the Twitter update he made last Friday.

Traveled up to the Bay Area this weekend to record vocals for a cover song Blaqk Audio is doing for a Love and Rockets tribute album. Adam was nice enough to come over and join us for backing vocals. Then spent 7 hours in my hotel room editing and mixing.

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