We had generated so much energy and so many new ideas playing live and we wanted to capture that as much as possible.

It's got the best bridge on the album. If there's any bridge connoisseurs out there, it's got a good bridge.

The rain was another step in the recovery, but it all depends on what happens over the next three or four months. We'll need more of a moderate rain over a long period of time to really help.

With Dante leaving, it just tore us all apart. We realized the best music is written when you have no distractions, and all that matters at the end of the day is your gang of friends.

We're kind of staggering the touring a bit at this point just to write more songs for our next record. We've got a month booked to just go write, which I think we're all excited about. And then maybe test 'em out just on tour, maybe in February, and then hopefully be in the studio for the spring.

What's our deal? I don't knowBut, I'll act as if it is what I think that it isIf it is, then this might just work