Redfly, some of your words - you took out of my mouth. The sluggishness is hard to understand. Let's hope they don't lose their momentum. The time is right for the album, whichever aspect you consider (be it the market, state of the competition, time of the year, length of the wait, age of the band members etc.).
Honestly, I have thought of refraining from commenting anything about the album or actually about the process of waiting for the album until the album itself materializes in something more than the band members' words, but have failed to put this thought into action or actually into lack of action. I