The new album, arriving April 21st, 2017, is the band's 15th in 30 years of music-making (leaving out EPs, singles, wax cylinders), a pretty impressive feat, especially for a band that has "put the frosting," as Fredrick puts it sweet, on its career more than once. "Should've become a household name a long time ago," said USA Today. "A national treasure," said L.A. Weekly. "We'd be lying if we said we didn't care that after all this time we're still a total cult band," says Frederick. "It's a motif now: hy isn't this band better known?' We really don't care. Some bands were meant to be cultishly cultish." The Gospel According To John follows-up 2015's Highs & Lows, and was recorded over the course of eleven months with Rob Campanella of The Brian Jonestown Massacre producing. It is a decidedly guitar-driven record, even for a guitar-driven group, due to the work of Andy Creighton (on loan from his fine band The World Record.)