Almost two months after announcing that he will be playing new material at a string of shows this summer, BECK has announced that he is working on not one, but TWO new albums for release in the near future.

He will independently release both a brand new acoustic album as well as an electric album, the latter being called the “proper follow-up” to 2008′s four-star-earning Modern Guilt. Both releases still remain untitled and lack a release date. On the upcoming acoustic album, it was stated that it ”can best be described as a self-contained work, one that came in the form of a burst of inspiration.”

Additionally, although it will not appear on either of the upcoming albums, BECK has released the official studio version of a new semi-electronic song titled Defriended after a leak to the interwebs a few days ago.

Check it out below.