A photo has surfaced showing a list of what appear to be songs shortlisted for the album ‘Ruins’, The list includes what seems to be a couple of previously unreleased tracks: ‘Home Again’ and ‘San Gabriel Valley’. Song number one on the list is cut off. Could this also be a new track, or is this perhaps ‘I’ve Wanted You’ from the ‘Tender Offerings’ EP (though it doesn’t look like it)?  As I understand it, ‘Tender Offerings’ was made up of tracks that were originally written for ‘Ruins’. There’s also the mystery of the last song on the list. It looks like ‘You are the Problem Here’ but it might be something else.

If these really are new songs by FAK, what will happen to them? Will they ever see the light of day? Perhaps they’ll be released as singles or appear on a new EP, or maybe even saved for the next album.

UPDATE:

The list would appear to relate to 18 songs originally recorded for the album ‘Ruins’ during a session in Portland Oregon in early 2017. Some songs weren’t chosen for the album as they didn’t match the overall theme of the record. First Aid Kit talk about this in a fan interview. Some of the remaining songs were released on the ‘Tender Offerings’ EP. There is, of course, no guarantee that the unreleased material will ever see the light of day. However, most songs recorded for previous albums were eventually released in some form, even if only as b-sides or bonus tracks. One exception would appear to be the unreleased ‘Love Like That Again‘ from 2014.