I would like to know how are they gonna begin a tour late june and still work on an album. It's not sarcasm, I may be not aware of a certain methodology of theirs....anybody knows how this goes?
I see it as one of two things:
1) They've finished all tracking before the summer festivals and wait to mix/master when JP and the guys are off tour.
2) They finished basic tracks and need to return for solos, overdubs, and vocals (or something similar)
Hell, they could be completely done with it, but since they said no new material on the festival tour, that really makes me think it won't be a September release. Mostly because the last two releases they released a single before the summer festivals and the album came out early fall.