We brought you news of R.E.M.’s expanded reissue of Automatic For the People yesterday, but now the band officially has announced the project, and given fans the first taste of one of its 20 unreleased demos in the form of “Mike’s Pop Song,” a sweet, “fully realized” track sung by Mike Mills.
Listen to that below, and check out the trailer for the reissue, which is due out Nov. 10.
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- R.E.M.’s 4-disc ‘Automatic For the People’ reissue to include demos, Greenpeace live set
- Watch: Mike Mills, Peter Buck resurrect R.E.M.’s ‘Texarkana,’ enlist Corin Tucker for ‘One I Love’
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- R.E.M., Camper Van Beethoven members offer reward after PA stolen from 40 Watt Club
- Vintage Video: R.E.M. tears up pre-‘Murmur’ set in earliest known pro-shoot footage
- MTV promo from 1988: ‘When I’m an old person, I think I’ll still be listening to R.E.M.’
