A new My Bloody Valentine record will be out this year, Kevin Shields tells NME. He said he will post the album on his website. This will be the forever in-process followup to the band's 1991 shoegaze masterpiece, Loveless.

According to NME, the upcoming album will also be followed by an EP of new recordings to be released next year. Shields said the new record "really frees us up, and in the bigger picture it's 100% necessary."

"People who like us will immediately connect with something," he said. "Based on the very, very few people who've heard stuff-- some engineers, the band, and that's about it-- some people think it's stranger than Loveless. I don't."

Back in April, Shields spoke with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal about MBV's recent reissues. Of the new record, he said:

I'm just finishing a record that I had started in the 90s. It was going to be, like, the next record. But it was already after the band had half split up, and me and Bilinda [Butcher] were left. Then we got back together. I've always said that we were going to make a record again. You never know, we might finish it really quickly, and it might be up in a few months! I tend to work really quickly, suddenly, and I might be willing to do that right now. We'll see!

MBV have also confirmed a headlining spot at May's Tokyo Rocks festival, where they will perform new material, according to NME.

Watch the video for "Only Shallow" and check out more MBV clips here.