Tobias, I trust you guys' judgment, but don't feel that you need to hurry to satisfy the fans. Lover's End took longer than expected, but was well worth the wait. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that you should take all the time you need to make the next batch turn into masterpieces like everything else has; if that means you need a year, so be it...Def Leppard took 5 years to make their perfect album. On the other hand, if you can get it done in the next 10 minutes, that's cool, too.
And it seems like the bulk of your fans are fairly new to you, so let the first 3 albums tide them over for however long it takes you to perfect the new one. I know that's what I'll be doing. We're not going anywhere!
And by the way, all I could listen to on TGA at first was AKCP and OHOTS, for obvious reasons, but when the dust finally settled down from songs like those, it was really cool to hear how moments like the acapella breakdown in Heartland really shine live. So much great stuff on those cds. I can't believe how well you nail it live!