Orlando’s VIRGINS will be entering the studio on February 11th to start work on their second LP, the follow-up to 2008’s “Miscarriage,” released by Kiss of Death Records. The sophomore album is tentatively titled “Animals” and will find the band once again headed to Louisville, KY to record at Headbanging Kill Your Mama Music with Lords’ Chris Owens. Virgins have already sealed a blood pact with Tampa’s Kiss of Death Records to release the album, as well as a teaser 7” in the months prior to the album’s release. Afterwards, they’re also planning a split 7” with NY’s Stolen Parts on No Idea Records.

Virgins will make appearances at Harvest of Hope Fest 2010, from March 12-14th, and at Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC, May 14th-15th. Plans are currently in the works for runs up the East and West Coast, as well as a European tour, later in 2010.

Following on the heels of their recent tour with labelmates A Wilhelm Scream and Canada’s Living With Lions, The Riot Before will be heading into the studio with legendary producer J Robbins (Against Me!, Jawbreaker, The Promise Ring) to record the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed “Fists Buried In Pockets.”

At a smoke-filled press conference this morning, bassist Cory Manning admitted, “I’m still a little in shock that we are actually doing the record with J. When we first started talking about it, we thought of it more like a dream scenario than a ‘this could happen’ scenario. Now it’s happening. Crazy.”

He also added, “We are shooting for March of next year release date.”

Tracking will begin this Friday, November 20th, and continue for the following two weeks at Robbins’ renowned Magpie Cage in Washington, DC. Tentatively titled Rebellion, the album will be the band’s first record for their new home, Paper + Plastick. Earlier this year, Paper + Plastick released a digital-only acoustic version of the band’s previous album, appropriately named Fists… Out Of Sockets, which is still available as a free download here.

The band is currently planning extensive touring to coincide with the album’s release.