Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has shared a handwritten update with fans, saying “work is flowing” on the follow-up to Everything Now. Although the record will be out “eventually, not soon,” Butler says “writing has intensified” during coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. “We had been exploring a lot of lyrical and musical themes that feel almost eerily related to what is happening now,” he adds, alluding to a song called “Age of Anxiety.” Read the letter below.

In recent weeks, Butler has shared snippets of what appeared to be new music in his Instagram Stories. Watch a clip below, via Arcade Fire Tube.