[img=121011_thebigcats.jpg]During Green Day's much needed break and time off from touring this past year Jason White, Green Day's touring guitarist went into the studio with his band, The Big Cats to record a new album.

The new album entitled The Ancient Art Of Leaving: High & Low will be the band's third studio album and is being released on this coming Tuesday, December 13th through Max Recordings. The band was originally formed in 1993 with members from various Little Rock punk bands playing occasional shows. Jason is the lead singer and guitarist of the four piece.

You can preorder the album now on Amazon for $8.99 for the MP3 version and $10.37 for the CD version.

In celebration of the new album, the band will be playing a show at the White Water Tavern in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 23rd. Tickets to the show are only $10 and can be purchased at TicketLeap.com by clicking here.

If you are a member of Spotify you can listen to some of The Big Cats previous recordings by clicking here. More information of the band can be found on their Wikipedia Page.

You might remember that Jason also released his debut solo single "Hungover" on Max Recordings in July of 2010.

Thanks to Jordan for sending this news.