Good morning, sweet friends. Matt here. This a pretty nice day.

I am here to say a quick hello, hello to announce that I am currently working on The Rentals 4th official album (title, TBA.) The new record is a collaboration between myself, Nick Zinner and Dave Fridmann with a little help from a makeshift choir of incredible singers that I affectionately like to refer to as The Gentle Assassins.

Tomorrow, we are self-releasing the single ELON MUSK IS MAKING ME SAD. This is the first song that Nick and I recorded together, but in an odd bit of inversion it will likely end up as the last track on what should prove to be a genuinely twisted collection of interstellar lullabies and science fiction fables. Elon was mixed by Dave and Matt Estep; then mastered by, our man from Alphaville, Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

Earlier this morning, Wired Magazine premiered the single. And at midnight tonight, it should be available everywhere through all of the usual, mainstream digital outlets. The actual release date of the full-length will depend a bit on the oscillating schedules of Mr. Zinner, Mr. Fridmann and all those lovely Assassins, but we are hoping to have it ready for release somewhere in the first half of 2018.

By any measure we are still in the early stages of the album’s production, but I thought we should share Elon with you right away, regardless of whatever the album’s eventual release-date might be. Right from its inception, in the earliest sketches of the lyrics and melodies, there was always an urgency to share this particular song with everyone, at the very first possible chance that was available to us.

Thanks to Nick, Dave, Matt, Ryan, Brendan at The Syndicate, Pete at Bank Robber Music, Alex at Wired Magazine and many others, that time is now.

So, without further ado. With love and urgency…

Wired Magazine Presents…

ELON MUSK IS MAKING ME SAD.

Group: The Rentals

Song Title: Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad

Featuring: Matt Sharp, Nick Zinner and The Gentle Assassins

Mixing: Dave Fridmann & Matt Estep

Mastering: Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Length: 6 minutes and 55 seconds

Label: The Rentals, Inc.

Publishing: Room 54 Music (BMI) / Rough Trade Publishing / Bank Robber Music

Publicity: Brendan Bourke at The Syndicate

Online: therentals.com

Social: The Rentals