Kevin Bronson on January 2nd, 2012

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When we last looked in on L.A. expatriates the Black Pine, principals Mitch Cichocki and Emma Kathan were in Florida embarking on a new band under a new name. That project “fell apart,” Kathan reports, so the husband-and-wife team packed up their instruments and their penchant for making mesmerizing, cinematic rock songs and relocated to New York City. And – cue the smoke – there’s a new Black Pine record on the way. “The Morning Sun,” currently being mastered by L.A. producer Dave Trumfio, will be out early this year, and “Game Over” shows the Black Pine still has its game. Not ones to slack, Cichocki and Kathan have a new side project, too, teaming up with Vanessa Pomiechowski in the experimental electro trio Trivia.

||| Watch: After the jump, check out Trivia’s video for “Alone Together”: