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A couple of weeks ago we saw a few new photos of Mandy Moore rockin’ a cute, shorter hair’do around SoCal and I wondered aloud if she had plans to release a new album … it turns out that, yes, that exactly what Mandy‘s got planned for later on this year. A new press release made its way to my inbox with news of Mandy‘s new album, due to be released on May 26. Here is the full text of that press release:

Following her critically-acclaimed previous album, Wild Hope, Mandy Moore returns with the highly anticipated, Amanda Leigh – to be released May 26, 2009 on Storefront Recordings – a new partnership with RED Music. Co-written by Moore and primarily, Mike Viola, Amanda Leigh was recorded at engineer, Ducky Carlisle’s modest basement studio in his home outside of Boston and features an impressive and eclectic collection of vintage equipment utilized throughout the album. Sharing many of the same musical influences of artists such as Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, CSNY and Nilsson, Moore and Viola set out to create a compelling body of work, in which the instrumentation mirrors so much of what inspired and guided the duo from the onset. The resulting collaboration, Amanda Leigh (Moore’s given name), is a collection of personal reflections and insights about life and love as evidenced in songs such as “Nothing Everything,” “Song About Home,” and “Love to Love Me Back” – the latter also written with Inara George of The Bird and the Bee. Experimentation was also prevalent and encouraged throughout the writing/recording process, as exemplified in the rather tongue-in-cheek, “I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week” – originally a very alt-country sounding demo that quickly took on a new life with the addition of the clavinet, while “Everblue,” co-written with Lori McKenna, simarily transformed with the inclusion of the Farfisa and Wurlitzer. Moore, intent to tour in support of Amanda Leigh – the debut release from Storefront Recordings, a new endeavor between Moore’s long-time manager, Jon Leshay and RED Distribution – adds, “I’m connected to these songs and how they came to fruition in a way I’ve never been able to articulate before. The entire experience was one that I will undoubtedly replicate.”

OOOH, I love it! I am so happy that Mandy is moving forward with more serious music and remains resolute in her commitment to her art. I really liked her last album Wild Hope (her first single from that album Extraordinary is still in rotation in my main iPod playlist) and I’m really looking forward to hearing this pared down, more mature album. I’m encouraged by her use of vintage instruments. It sounds like someone, who shall remain nameless, has had a great influence on her music craft :) I can’t wait to hear what Amanda Leigh sounds like … the album, that is … honestly, her given name sounds like a 70′s porn star name — and mebbe now we know why she changed it ;)

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