It's great to hear they are actually going to release something new at this point in time, or rather near-ish to this point in time.
However, I'd very much like to hear all 8 new songs right away, in one go. Why do they intend to spoon-feed them to their audience?
Here's hoping they can get another 2 new songs from Stevie and put out an album.
Also, all these new songs need to be released in a lossless format, and in a physical format, on CD preferrably, even if that's just distributed by mailorder.
They are too big a band not to put out a CD.
Mitchell Froom is a great choice as their producer. Recently, he has been doing excellent stuff.
The album he produced for this young singer called Stevie Ann from the Netherlands is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dyUeVYSNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06eugansj0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T9DzHoQWc