The Cancer Conspiracy was a progressive rock group from Burlington, Vermont featuring guitarist Daryl Rabidoux, drummer/keyboardist/saxophonist Greg Beadle, and bassist Brent Frattini.
 Rabidoux and Beadle were veterans of the local hardcore scene, and had broken away from their respective bands out of a need to try something new musically.
 Their initial plans were to find a vocalist and bassist, but after recruiting Frattini, decided to remain an instrumental trio.
"I'll Try Something New" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and originally released in 1962 by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label.
 Their version was a Billboard Top 40 hit, peaking at #39, and just missed the Top 10 of its R&B chart, peaking at #11.
Waxing Gibbous is the fifth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Malcolm Middleton, released on 1 June 2009 on Full Time Hobby.
 Middleton has stated that following the release of this album, and its subsequent tour, he will put his career as a solo artist on hold: "I want to try something new and then come back to this later on."
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
 Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer.
 Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president.
"What's So Good About Goodbye" was a 1961 hit single recorded by R&B group The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label, later included on their 1962 album "I'll Try Something New."
 The single was a Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at number 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States during the winter of 1962, and a Top 20 R&B hit as well, peaking at number 16 on "Billboard's" R&B singles chart.
"I've Been Good to You" is a 1961 R&B song by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label.
 It was released as the B-side of their "Billboard" Top 40 hit, "What's So Good About Goodbye", and was included on their album "I'll Try Something New" the following year.
 This sad, melancholy ballad charted #103 on the "Billboard" Pop chart.
 Despite its relatively modest chart placing, this song has been hugely influential, and is noted as Beatle John Lennon's favorite Miracles tune, and was the inspiration behind The Beatles' song, "Sexy Sadie".
 Written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, the song begins with the lyric, "Look what you've done...You've made a fool out of someone..." which Lennon later paraphrased in "his" song as, "What have you done...You've made a fool of everyone."
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and influential groups in pop, rock and roll, and R&B music history.
 Formed in 1955 by Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, and Ronnie White, the group started off as the Five Chimes, changing their name to the Matadors two years later.
 The group then settled on the Miracles after the inclusion of Claudette Robinson in 1958.
 The most notable Miracles line-up included the Robinsons, Moore, White, Bobby Rogers and Marv Tarplin.
 After a failed audition with Brunswick Records, the group began working with songwriter Berry Gordy, who helped to produce their first records for the End and Chess labels before establishing Tamla Records in 1959 and signing the Miracles as its first act.
 The group eventually scored the label's first million-selling hit record with the 1960 "Grammy Hall of Fame" smash, "Shop Around", and further established themselves as one of Motown's top acts with the hit singles "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "What's So Good About Goodbye", "Way Over There", "I'll Try Something New", "Mickey's Monkey", "Going to a Go-Go", "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need", "Just A Mirage", "If You Can Want", "More Love", "I Don't Blame You at All", "Ooo Baby Baby", The multi-award-winning "The Tracks of My Tears", "Special Occasion", "I Second That Emotion", "Baby Baby Don't Cry", the number-one Pop smashes "The Tears of a Clown" and "Love Machine", "Do It Baby", and "My Girl Has Gone",among numerous other hits.
Alison Sharman (born in Manchester) is the Creative Director of Thoroughly Modern Media the independent that produced "Heston's Dinner in Space" and "Inside Heston’s World" for SBS Australia.
 On her appointment, Sharman said "I am privileged to have been a commissioner for the BBC, ITV and SBS Australia, and for some time now I’ve been wanting to try something new and exciting in a more hands on creative role."
I'll Try Something New is the third Tamla (Motown) album by The Miracles.
 The title track was an important early single for the group, featuring Smokey Robinson's lead voice, a chorus led by his wife Claudette and an orchestra of strings.
 Smaller hits like "What's So Good About Goodbye" and "I've Been Good To You" are included, plus three covers of the easy listening standards "I've Got You Under My Skin" written by Cole Porter, "On the Street Where You Live" from the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" and "Speak Low" by Ogden Nash and Kurt Weill, on which both Smokey and Claudette Robinson sing lead.
 "I'll Try Something New" also features a rare lead by Miracles baritone Ronnie White on "A Love That Can Never Be", and a lead by Claudette Robinson on "He Don't Care About Me".
Anne Linnet (born 30 July 1953 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, musician and composer.
 She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of several bands, such as Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, and Marquis de Sade.
 Anne Linnet is one of a small group of Danish musicians and songwriters consistently popular now for many years.
 She is, and has been for more than three and a half decades, a distinctive figure on the Danish music scene and is valued as a writer and composer.
 Anne Linnet is known for her well-written, honest lyrics, her explorations into a number of music styles, and a constant desire to try something new.
 In 2008 she received IFPI Denmark's prize of honour for her work of many years on the Danish music scene.

Question: In what year was the writer of "I'll Try Something New" born?
Answer: 1940