The Vines have signed a new recording deal with Ivy League Records and are set to begin recording their fourth album with producer Rob Schnapf in Los Angeles in mid November.

Ivy League are extremely proud to be the new home for one of the most exciting and creatively gifted bands to emerge from Australia in the past decade. The new partnership continues a long-running association and friendship between the band and Ivy League, and both parties are extremely excited about what the future holds for the group who have had their share of well documented highs and lows over their 5 year recording career.

Emerging with a bang in 2002, The Vines were at the very forefront of an exciting new rock movement around the world along with contemporaries The Strokes, The Hives and The White Stripes. Their debut album 'Highly Evolved', sold more than 1.5 million copies. Their second album 'Winning Days' was a less happy time for the band in spite of its quality when singer Craig Nicholls’ increasingly erratic behaviour led to a diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome (a high functioning form of autism) and an extended hiatus as Nicholls learnt to deal with his condition. 'Vision Valley' saw the band re-emerge with a still fragile yet unshakably gifted Nicholls starting afresh. His gradual rehabilitation saw the band re-emerge on to the live stage again with a series of outstanding festival performances in Australia and the UK in 2006 including Big Day Out, Reading and Leeds. 2007 has been spent writing and rehearsing songs for what promises to be an amazing fourth album.

“We're really excited to be with Ivy League,” says Craig Nicholls of the band's new label. “We are already friends, and they love music as much as we do. We really want to make an amazing album and can't wait to start recording. We're ready. REALLY ready, and we're going to being able to tour more this time as well."

“To say that we are huge Vines fans would be putting it mildly,” says Andy Kelly from Ivy League. “They are one of our favourite bands of all time, so getting the opportunity to put their albums out is incredibly exciting. We love them as people and as a band, and can’t wait to hear the new songs, and can’t wait for everyone else to hear them.”

The Vines join fellow ARIA Award winners Josh Pyke and Youth Group on the Ivy League roster, as well as the likes of Red Riders, The Silents, Bridezilla and The Mess Hall to make up one of the most exciting line-ups in the country. Ivy League are currently celebrating their tenth anniversary and couldn’t have hoped for a better way to celebrate than with the addition of such an important band to their roster.

The Vines will be performing a special live set this Friday 2 Nov at Sydney’s Metro Theatre as part of Ivy League’s Ten Year Anniversary concert.

Stand by for a new Vines album and more of their extraordinary live shows around the world in 2008.

When I questioned manager Andy Kelly about The Vines returning to NYC he said, "Rest assured they will finally get back there to play New York in 2008 at least -- and at last."