Tool continue work on new album

Tool have announced intentions to re-commence work on their new studio album shortly.

Renowned for going at their own pace with recording full-lengths, an official band newsletter observes the band will continue to develop new material after a short break.

The newsletter excerpt reads:

“With the latest mini-tour now a thing of the past, members of the band will continue working on material for their next record after taking a short break in order to unpack and sort through their mail. I say “continue” because – contrary to those who thought that the tour would only further delay the writing process -with all four band members together during sound checks, catering, etc., I’m fairly certain that they spent a considerable portion of that time experimenting with new tunes. In which case, the tour might have actually sped things up a bit. But then again, this snifter of cognac is half full…”