While working on his sixth studio album – due for release next year – Ben Folds is releasing the first of three Eps online today. The first EP, 'Speed Graphic', is available now at Folds' Web site, http://www.attackedbyplastic.com and features a cover of the Cure's 'In Between Days' as well as four new songs, 'Protection', 'Dog', 'Wandering' and 'Give Judy My Notice'.
The second EP, called 'Sunny 16', will be ready in Sep, and the third, yet-to- be-titled set is scheduled for Nov.
Folds said: "I have twenty-four hour access to a studio now, so I'm using it. Quietly releasing my music as EPs allows me to get it out there as I finish it, with a minimum of hype. It won't be sold in the big-ass chains, because that puts the price up and starts the big-ass machinery - press, radio etc. Then I have to pose naked at the piano, and really, I'm not a piece of meat, you know."
Folds will also sell the EPs at stops on the Lottapianos tour, which kicks off 26 Jul outside Seattle and also features Tori Amos. The two have confirmed dates through a 5 Sep stop in Oklahoma City.