OneRepublic [ tickets ]'s batch of late fall concerts was a treat for the pop band's fans, as the group test drove a new song, "All the Right Moves," during the course of its set.

It is one of three new tunes the band has written, according to drummer Eddie Fisher, who recently spoke to LiveDaily via telephone from Atlanta. The second is called "The Other Side" and the third is yet to be named. Fisher said the new songs are much different than what fans heard on the band's 2007 debut, "Dreaming Out Loud," which spawned the huge hit "Apologize."

"It's just more mature," Fisher said. "... We're not so sad and desperate about record labels and frustrated with girls. A few of us are married and stuff like that. We've grown up."

OneRepublic--which also includes vocalist/guitarist Ryan Tedder, guitarist Zach Filkins, guitarist Drew Brown and bassist/keyboardist Brent Kutzle--will return to the studio in February to produce its second album, which should be released in late 2009.

"We're coming up with some great ideas and we're really excited about it," Fisher said. "We've been playing 'Dreaming Out Loud' for about four or five or six years almost."

Fans will have to wait for downloadable material, but OneRepublic's website does feature a streaming version of one new song, "Come Home," a tune that has been redone as a duet with pianist/pop star Sara Bareilles.

"I think she's got a wonderful voice and we like her," Fisher said. "She's a wonderful person. We sat around and we wanted to have a girl do it. The easy pick would have been, like, Leona Lewis or something, but we're, like, 'No. What's the better fit?' We thought about Colbie Caillat, but Sara seemed to fit a little bit better. She nailed it. We love the duet with her."

Lead singer Tedder co-penned and produced Lewis' song "Bleeding Love" with Jesse McCartney.

The road to OneRepublic's first hit, "Apologize," was a bumpy one, according to Fisher. The band was dropped from its original label, Columbia, before it became one of the most popular bands on MySpace, earning raves from fans throughout the United States.

"We started getting a lot of plays on MySpace," Fisher said. "And we were like, 'What the heck? What's going on? Are we getting radio play somewhere?' Fans kept e-mailing us and commenting, and giving us wonderful e-mails and uplifting comments: 'We love your music,' 'Keep going,' 'Thank you for saving my life,' 'I listened to "Apologize" and it kept me from killing myself, helped me get through a marriage and a divorce and a death and a break up.'

"With that, we thought maybe we should consider keep going."

Then along came producer Timbaland, who loved the song "Apologize" when he heard it.

"[Timbaland] called Ryan and said, 'I have a new situation at Interscope. I would love to sign you guys and in the process remix your song "Apologize."' It was exciting but we were all skeptical, too. We're like, 'Oh, the label crap'--everybody's got their thing with labels--but it's actually a very good fit for us at the time, though.

"Tim was working really hard. He has a big shoe in the business. He had control over his part of that label, which is Mosley Music Group. We felt comfortable. We loved Interscope even before we were signed. We all now have a good friendship with [Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman] Jimmy Iovine and everybody at Interscope, Universal Music Group, Polydor, and all of that stuff. It feels like we made the right decision."

Still, the material on "Dreaming Out Loud" is about six years old. Fisher said the crowd's enthusiasm for the music keeps OneRepublic from getting bored with it. The group has also become known for covering British pop songs such as "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, Oasis' "Don't Go Away," Duffy's "Mercy" and "Always Where I Need to Be" by The Kooks.

"We joke around, we have fun," Fisher said. "That's pretty much it. We don't really change most of it because people know the songs the way they are. You go to a concert. You want to hear the song the way you know it. You don't want to hear a different version.

"To be honest, we go off of the crowd's energy. We try and hype the crowd up. If the crowd gets hyped up, then we get hyped up. So it's kind of like a chain-reaction thing."