For me, this one’s filed under news-I-completely-wasn’t-anticipating.

Gomez have unexpectedly posted a note on their blog that announces that not only are they thinking about their next album, but they’ve also finished tracking it and are nearly done working the mixing stage.

They let slip that the album has been (co?)-produced with Brian Deck (of Red Red Meat, produced Iron & Wine, Califone and, erm, The Grates) and that they’ve managed to get Amy Milan (Stars, Broken Social Scene) singing on some tunes.

Given the departure from their usual ramshackle style on their last album How We Operate, it will be interesting to see what happens with this one!