The Editors hope a steady stream of remixes will be enough to tide over their fans until they release their sophomore album.

The Editors

The Birmingham, England-based quartet is releasing a heap of remix tracks online in the next week, including a four-track Remix EP that's available on iTunes.

The EP includes remixes by Sebastian, Ghislain Porier, P Nice, and Prince Language, while additional remixes from the likes of Shy Child, Pase Rock, Rubber Bullets, Trackademicks, Phones, and Dr. Rocketheknobs will appear online starting next week. Check the band's Web site and MySpace page for updates.

The band hopes the remixes give fans something to chew on as it works on its follow-up to . In a letter posted to the band's MySpace page this week, front man Tom Smith said the band is currently holed up in a studio in Ireland for the next several weeks recording new material with producer Garret Lee. The new album could be out as soon as spring 2007.

"I can't explain in words how excited we all are about the new songs," Smith wrote. "They're without doubt the best songs we've ever written."

Smith then listed a series of song titles to get "your imagination / juices flowing": "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors," "The Racing Rats," "An End Has a Start," "When Anger Shows," "Push Your Head Towards the Air," "A Thousand Pieces," and "An Eye for an Eye."

Smith wrote that two tracks, "Bones" and "The Weight of the World," are almost done, and he said he would "be very surprised if they don't make the cut when we're picking the record next year."

Smith wrote the band will take a holiday break to "see our families, eat mince pies, get drunk, and say hi to Santa" before resuming work on the album. He also noted that he can't stop listening to Joanna Newsom's album, Ys.