The Offspring's Dexter Holland has posted another update on the band's follow up to 2003's Splinter:

Hey, I've read a few things out there where it has been suggested that some of the songs on our new record might be older material, like outtakes or re-recordings of old songs.

So I just wanted to let you know that the songs we've recorded for our upcoming CD are all completely new. We're not putting any songs on the new record that were previously recorded. That would be cheating, wouldn't it?

The band plans to play Japan in August, appearing at the Summer Sonic Festival on the 11th and 12th alongside bands like Sum 41, Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party, Interpol, and of course Cyndi Lauper.