Any insight...

[Bulldog]

...on why they chose not to produce the Agenda songs with Stuart Price? Possibly not to give away a preview of the sound of the new album? From what's been written here so far TFC might be slightly too delicate for his rather heavy-handed approach on production, but the other 3 songs seem to suit his style.

[jasonjohn]

Maybe they just wanted to mix it up a bit.

Three albums in a row, after all.

Palette cleanser before the final course?

[tottenhammattspurs]

Because they couldn't release Super : Further Listening...

[glennjridge]

Quite frankly I prefer they work with this producer than stuart. But really does it matter? we always hear the demos after and they always sound very close to the finished product so I’m not sure the producer brings anything to the party anyways

[leesmapman]

They were probably not in the same style as the rest of the tracks.

[Dog]

My guess is they sat down with Stuart in their first meetings to discuss the new album and started to form a view on what kind of album they would make, and which tracks would best articulate this vision. At that point, when it would have become clear that the Agenda tracks were somewhat standalone, they would have removed them from the album sessions, but still had a desire to issue them while they were at their most relevant - and then rush recorded them over their Christmas break.

[Future Lover]

My guess is they sat down with Stuart in their first meetings to discuss the new album and started to form a view on what kind of album they would make, and which tracks would best articulate this vision. At that point, when it would have become clear that the Agenda tracks were somewhat standalone, they would have removed them from the album sessions, but still had a desire to issue them while they were at their most relevant - and then rush recorded them over their Christmas break.

Not to mention that Anually 2019 has probably sold the same amount as last year in just a couple of days! Your guess is completely plausible, really.

[y3potential]

I wonder if Pete Gleadall had any role or input with these new EP tracks..??

[MikeyC]

Could be a budgetary issue! Stuart probably comes at a discount considering he's married to PSBs' manager, but an EP right before the new LP? That's a step too far!

(just some speculation!)

[Danimal]

My guess is they sat down with Stuart in their first meetings to discuss the new album and started to form a view on what kind of album they would make, and which tracks would best articulate this vision. At that point, when it would have become clear that the Agenda tracks were somewhat standalone, they would have removed them from the album sessions, but still had a desire to issue them while they were at their most relevant - and then rush recorded them over their Christmas break.

This.