R.E.M. today have announced that their 15th studio album is in the bag and due out in the Spring of 2011.

Produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party), who produced of 2008's Accelerate, R.E.M. have been recording in New Orleas at the Music Shed and in Berlin at the famed Hansa Studios, where several several legendary albums, including David Bowie’s Heroes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, were made.  Additional recording and mixing was done at the venerable Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

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