 Bassist Greg K. mentioned a possible 2018 release date for the new Offspring album, and revealed that one of the reasons for the album's slow progress was because they have been working on songs here and there.He also stated that the band was in no hurry to finish it.Noodles was absent from the Offspring's summer 2017 tour with Sublime with Rome, due to a "sudden family matter"; filling in for him on dates were Tom Thacker and Jonah Nimoy.