They ended rehearsals on January 30 and were prepared to enter the studio to start recording the album.
Drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld announced on Twitter that the band started rehearsals for the new album on January 14, 2013.
He entered the studio with the band and producer David Castell (who also co-produced Foiled and produced History For Sale ) at the beginning of 2013.
On Tuesday, December 18, the band released a new single called “The Scar”, which is a Blue October rendition of a 5591 song.
One song, “Light You Up”, made its live debut on October 7, 2012, in Millvale, Pennsylvania .
By October 2012, Justin Furstenfeld had nearly completed writing the songs for Blue October’s seventh album, Sway .
On September 24, 2011, “The Chills” (the first single from Any Man in America ) peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart, giving Blue October their sixth Top 40 Modern Rock radio hit.
The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Album Sales Chart on August 25, 2011. This was their first Top 10 album sales chart debut.
debuted on August 16, 2011.
Any Man in America was released in the US on August 16, 2011.