I've been one of the sceptics as far as an album goes but you don't go out with an appearance on a chat show, mates with the host or not, after making no TV appearances. There has to be more to come
It was all looking so promising, but this silence isn't good. You'd think an album announcement would come off the back of After You, but it already feels as though too much time has passed.
Au contraire, my friend. It's all about ups and downs since the beginning of that reunion. They're letting the After you momentum pass, let the few awards stuff go (Brits, NME awards), maybe let a few big releases go in the spring (Bowie) and then boom : new album announcement, release in the Fall. It's all gonna happen that way.