The group’s fifth album, ‘Why Are You OK,’ is due out in June.
I finally built a house for all those babies to live in.
Some of that stuff just takes a long time.

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I was really settling into middle age.
But now, the band is set to release their fifth albumWhy Are You OKin June.
I just put up some soundproofing tried to keep the moisture out and the sound waves in.
Not that those ears wouldve been trying to eavesdrop.
I work all night and then take them to school in the morning, he says.
Im the fking scariest dad in the school, Im sure.
If the new Adele comes out, theyre gonna know every damn word, he jokes.
They know that Im in the music situation, but we just dont talk about it.
Theyre always talking, theres no room for me to talk.
It was perplexing enough that I just kind of put that under my cap.
The songs on the album are OK and then some.
The product will c’mon longtime fans of the band.
Take the epic, seven-minute opener Dull Times: The Moon.
But that synthesis, by nature, makes it something new.
And a titanic musical figure helped with the album in a more direct way.
It was a pivotal moment, Bridwell says.
He helped steer the path for me, for sure, he concludes.
I think this whole record really stems from that.