SAN JOSE -- London Down, an alternative rock band that rose out of the fertile college rock scene in San Jose, California, during the late 1980s, will release their first new album in three decades on Friday, Dec. 7. 

The band reunited this past August in Nashville to record the 13-song indie album, “Gnashville.” The album -- available on CD and via digital stores -- features the group's signature garage-band grit, jangly electric folk and punchy rock grooves. 

What has changed, along with some gray hair…