It seemed for a while that Amos the Transparent had almost forgotten that they had planned a new album. Luckily, the Ottawa folk rock band is back in the news with talk of the new album, and in their true fashion, they're doing things a little differently.

The band — featuring members Jonathan Chandler, Chris Wilson, James Nicol, Mark Hyne and Daniel Hay — went to work on their upcoming full-length album after the release of their A is For Amos EP late last year, a release that surprised fans with a much different sound than what is to be expected. The five-track album, inspired by the Rockaby Baby series, featured lullaby versions of a few of their songs — a treat to the children of those in the band. Now, after almost a year of recording and back to their usually folk rock melodies, Amos the Transparent still wanted to put out an album with a bit of a twist.

They began the recording process of the album to be titled Sure As The Weather back in the winter at the home of Wilson's mother, but the original plan to have the tracks recorded in the span of a month was quickly derailed soon after discovering the poor sound quality produced by the location and by their inability to say no when it came to playing more shows. After that, they found it difficult to get themselves back on track, but were finally able to do so after some time and were able to finish the album. Although the band will not be releasing a LP in its entirety until January of 2012, they made the first four songs available for download on November 29. After this, they plan to make four more tracks available sometime this month before the full release in the new year. This marks the second full-length release for the band after 2007's Everything I've Forgotten to Forget, which received praise and chart rankings from Billboard and XM Radio. Despite the success of the past, Chandler stated that they still wanted fans to get a taste of the album little by little.

Amos the Transparent just wrapped up a few shows with fellow musicians The Darcys and plan to play more in the next few months to continue to promote Sure As The Weather. Fans are advised to keep their eyes peeled to the band's website, coolplanet.ca for the upcoming tracks.