I don't know anything about music production and maybe this is silly speculation, but I'd imagine that the "new sound" wouldn't require a lot of time-consuming production. I can't imagine there's much to be done post-recording if they're aiming for a stripped down, acoustic sound.
Civilian might have taken four years, but Adam was doing a lot of other things during the time, right? From what I hear, the songs are written and they're ready to record, so after that's done, it's in Sh-K-Boom's hands.
Updated On: 10/17/06 at 09:24 PM