This is one of the most exciting press releases to come into my inbox all week: Beauty Pill is recording a new record! And they're doing it in public, so we can watch!

After a lengthy hiatus, Washington, D.C.’s Beauty Pill returns with its work cut out for itself. Not content simply putting out a record, it will be embarking on the Immersive Ideal project. Inspired in part by the famous Abbey Road Studio Two window, the group will be creating its new album in full view of the public eye. A summer residency and winter installation at Arlington’s Artisphere’s Black Box Theater leave every step open for observation, and questions like how this will effect the output remain to be seen. Artisphere, a giant urban arts center, is the perfect venue to witness instruments being traded, new songs materializing, old songs finding new life and the collision of artist and audience. Curated by Artisphere's New Media Curator Ryan Holladay, one half of longtime Beauty Pill pal Bluebrain, the residency runs July 16 to August 2, with the installation slated for December/January of this year. "Artisphere is excited to be partnering with Beauty Pill on this groundbreaking project. As far as I know, there really hasnt been a band to do something like this nor can I think of a place better suited for this kind of artistic experiment," says Holladay. "This is exactly the sort of thing we want to be doing. We're not sure what will happen but we're glad it's going to be happening at Artisphere."

For those who are not familiar, Beauty Pill sounds like this:

"Cigarette Girl From the Future"

"Ann the Word"

And now please excuse me, as I have to start pricing plane tickets to Virginia.