Garbage are halfway through recording their fourth album, Rolling Stone
reports.

The as-yet-unnamed follow-up to 2001's "Beautiful Garbage," due early next
year, is currently being made at drummer/producer Butch Vig's Smart Studios
in Madison, Wisconson.

"It's a lot more raw," Vig told Rolling Stone. There's been more live
playing and a lot more ad-libbing going on. Instead of really crafting the
songs, we're leaving them a lot looser.

We did a little bit of it on "Beautiful Garbage", but that album was very
eclectic. We're hoping that this is going to have a more coherent vibe."

Song titles making the rounds include "Right Between The Eyes" and "Hangin'
With The Bitches," which Vig describes as "sort of a Talking Heads funky
groove but a lot darker and noisier."

Garbage began work on the album after concluding a tour with No Doubt and
The Distillers last November.