For the past few weeks, the guys from Simple Plan have been working hard in their studio in Los Angeles, recording some final tracks for their upcoming 6th album. According to the most recent reports, it seems that both Jeff and Sebastien have already finished their parts and are already back home in Canada, enjoying some time with their families before returning back on tour with Simple Plan in the UK in just a few weeks.

The rest of the band however still seems to be hard at work in California, putting some finishing touches on their new record. But the most important piece of news, that was revealed yesterday, is that the yet-untitled new Simple Plan album will actually be co-produced by three individuals: Simple Plan’s own Pierre Bouvier, record producer Brian Howes and mixing engineer Jason ‘JVP’ Van Poederooyen [see the full photo of them together].

Besides Pierre, both names might actually sound familiar to you already. Let’s have a look at them, shall we?

Brian Howes is a Canadian producer and song-writer, who’s won two Juno Awards for his past work with various musicians. You may recognize his name from Simple Plan’s 4th studio album ‘Get Your Heart On!’ which he was the main producer of. Besides Simple Plan, he’s also previously worked with acts such as Hedley, Boys Like Girls, Faber Drive or Nickelback.

Jason ‘JVP Van Poederooyen is a name often associated with Brian Howes. JVP has worked with Brian for many years now as a mixer and recording engineer. As far as his connection to Simple Plan goes, he’s worked for instance on ‘Summer Paradise’ as an engineer, digital editor and programmer. He is also listed as an engineer on ‘Jet Lag’. Both times he’s worked with Simple Plan while they were working with Brian Howes.