The rumors were finally confirmed by Shirley Manson of Garbage. Producer Butch Vig, behind Nirvana’s Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream and AFI’s Sing The Sorrow is producing the follow-up to Green Day’s American Idiot album.

Writing for the album is confirmed by Reprise to be happening in an East Bay studio. They are under disguise as the Foxboro Hot Tubs.

Green Day or their label, Reprise, will not comment.

So remember that one time, about a year ago, when I said the Postal Service were finally working on a new record? Well I guess they made a liar out of me:

“It’s just not a priority for either of us,” [Postal Service frontman Ben] Gibbard tells Spinner. “So the next Postal Service record may or may never happen.” In 2006, the pair reportedly started work on a follow-up to ‘Give Up,’ which is the second best-selling album in the Sub Pop catalog behind Nirvana’s ‘Bleach,’ but things have yet to take shape.

“Jimmy and I are still throwing ideas back and forth, but as time goes on, we find ourselves busy with our own music,” Gibbard continues. “We have some stuff, but it’s been difficult to find the time and the drive to do the record. I’d love to finish it at some point and maybe even do some performances. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”

Fuckers. If you find yourself curious as to what the other eight best selling albums in Sub Pop’s 20 year history are, as well as how many units they’ve each scanned, well it’s your lucky goddamn day. Here’s a list of the Top Selling Sub Pop releases of ALL TIME EVAR:

1. Nirvana, Bleach (1989), 1.6 million

2. Postal Service, Give Up (2003), 902,885

3. The Shins, Oh Inverted World (2001), 547,274

4. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away (2007), 500,813

5. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003), 462,574

6. Hot Hot Heat, “Make Up The Breakdown” (2002), 282,141

7. Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary (1994), 226,388

8. Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), 220,157

9. Iron & Wine, The Creek Drank The Cradle (2002), 133,752

10. Iron & Wine, The Shepherd’s Dog (2007), 133,490

Damn, Sam Beam stacking fucking chips! Further proof that South Carolina is doing it big.

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