Say Anything has announced the release of their next full length. It will be titled In Defense of the Genre and is due out October 23, 2007.

The first single from the album is "Baby Girl, I'm a Blur." The record was produced and mixed by Brad Wood (Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, mewithoutyou), according to the release, it "is a double disc concept album.

The songs recount Max's experience of being consumed by love, having a mental breakdown, pursuing a career while having your heart crushed, picking up the pieces and becoming a better man for it."