Remember First Nation? Well the band have lost a member, gained a member and renamed the group as Rings. Confused? Well no need to be:

First Nation were Nina Mehta, Kate Rosko and Melissa Livaudais, who released a self-titled record of loose tribal drums, vocal layers and spiralling guitars for the Paw Tracks label last Summer, as well as the glorious Coronation 7" (read our review).

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After Melissa left, Abby Portner (sister of Animal Collective's Dave Portner) joined and the new formation decided to ditch the First Nation alias in favour of Rings.

Now comes the interesting part; the three-piece have just finished their first album together Black Habit, which was co-produced by Rings themselves and Kristin Anna Valtysdottir (Kria Brekkan and formerly of Mum).

Black Habit will be released by Paw Tracks on January 15th 2008, making this the first new record of next year to get truly excited about.

Can't wait that long? Well the good folks at Paw Tracks have released this free sneaky teaser MP3 of Mom Dance - enjoy!

Black Habit Track Listing:

1. Allright Peace
2. Mom Dance
3. Is He Handsome
4. Scape Aside
5. Double Thanks
6. You Remind Me
7. Tone Poem
8. Teepee