NAME:The RentalsPROGRESS REPORT: Writing/recording/filming Songs About Time in Los Angeles, CA.The Rentals released their last LP Seven More Minutes a decade ago. Since then Rentals founder Matt Sharp's output has been sporadic at best: a couple EPs under the Rentals' name and his own, a song here and there. In 2008, the Rentals -- including returning and new members -- surrounded themselves with people they liked and wanted to record with. The momentum resulted in just one song. "2008 was a year that just disappeared on us," Sharp says. He and the band realized their process for writing, recording and releasing music wasn't working. So on January 1, 2009, the Rentals launched Songs About Time. The project is made up of three media -- films, photographs and music. But more importantly, it's governed by constant and consistent deadlines: Sharp and Co. shoot and post a photo a day (Photographs About Days), a short, soundtracked film a week (Films About Weeks), and an EP every four months (Songs About Time). "We weren't looking to do anything incredibly non-traditional or anything," Sharp says while chasing birds to photograph. "We're just trying to find the thing that will be most in tune with the way we make things." Well, maybe not the exactly way they used to make things.Continue reading Progress Report: The Rentals...