Little Man album release party Saturday

Saturday. November 8. 7th St. Entry. Little Man and Eclectone Records celebrate the release of "Of Mind and Matter." Come early for The Strange Lights and High On Stress.

Says Chris Perricelli: "It's going to be a very unique show. The new album, Of Mind And Matter, will be played in its entirety with back up singers, keyboards and rhythm guitar included. You'll hear many songs that will only be heard live at this particular show."

Little Man holes up in hunting lodge to record fourth album

Little Man is back from a second trip to the Chicago area, where Chris Perricelli and crew are working on the band's fourth album, tentatively due out by sometime this winter.

The sound will be "a bit fuller with more layered vocals and guitars," Perricelli said. They have 14 songs in the hopper for the yet-to-be-named new album.

The band is working again with producer/engineer Ed Tinley, who also produced Soulful Automatic. Most of the tracks were recorded in an old hunting lodge owned by Ike Reilly. ("It looks like a 'Lincoln Log' house," Perricelli said.)

On the most recent trip, the band finished overdubs and recorded string parts for a few of the new songs -- a first for the band, but something they've always wanted to do, Perricelli said. "We used tow musicians and multitracked cello and violin."

Read more about Little Man's Chicago trip and studio progress on Perricelli's blog.