Very glad to hear the band is doing some writing on the road, first time since the Scenes tour, as Scotty has informed us. For those of us who have wished for something as refined as the albums of SDOIT and back, we may get that. If they write now, refine the music later in the studio, and then record, we'll get something that's more polished than we have been in the last 5 albums.
I think we can look at another masterpiece like SDOIT, with a new member in the band adding his input, on the road, and then in the studio. Personally, I'd love to have a double album again!
-Marc.