If you’ve read practically any of the recent interviews with Simple Plan, I’m sure you’ve noticed that in almost all of them, the interviewees tend to mention the 5-year-gap between Get Your Heart On! (2011) and Simple Plan’s new album Taking One For The Team (2016). The reasoning behind the seemingly long time between these records has been caused by Simple Plan’s non-stop touring between 2011 and 2013, which was followed by a year of time off & writing and then the remaining time, during which the band recorded the album and then the follow-up post-production [along with additional recording sessions].
During these 5 years, of course, the fans haven’t been exactly without any new Simple Plan music. The band released an EP, titled ‘Get Your Heart On: The Second Coming!’ (2013) which featured 7 unreleased tracks, previously written for Get Your Heart On!. This EP served as a bridge between SP’s fourth and fifth record and also as a way for the band to give the fans something to be excited about while they’re waiting for a full-length album.
The members of the band have already been asked many times in the past few months, whether they are thinking about releasing another EP with b-sides left over from the writing sessions of Taking One For The Team and the usual answer so far has been that they are still thinking about it. Mostly, it’s still very early after the release of their new record, so the band definitely doesn’t plan on releasing any new album/EP anytime soon. However this question has once again been presented to Jeff in a recent interview with MTV Brazil and as you can see, there seems to be a lot of debate regarding this topic within the band – sometimes even possibly with different opinions on the topic:
MTV Brazil: I heard that after the tour, you will release an EP with the songs that did not make this album, is that true?
Jeff: Yeah, I heard a rumor about it! But I don’t know if I want that. It’s a possibility.
Personally, I think we should focus on recording new songs sooner and not wait five years to launch a new record. But this is not a bad idea. The band is a democracy, everyone has to give their opinion, but I still prefer full-length albums. I love having the album in hand, and I do not want to let our fans wait five years again to hear new music.
What is YOUR opinion on this matter? Do you think the band should go back to writing a brand new full-length album sooner than the last time and skip the whole process of releasing an EP? Or you’d prefer them to tour longer, release a couple songs and then take a long time off and take their time to get back with album no.6 a couple years later? Make sure to leave your comments in the comment section below!
