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When The Avett Brothers holed up last year in North Carolina and knocked out their seventh studio album, The Carpenter, the folk rockers revealed to ELLE.com they additionally emerged with an entire batch of new songs they now plan to release this fall as a brand-new LP. "The album was sort of made naturally on its own," said co-frontman Scott Avett, relaxing with his brother and bandmate, Seth, before a rollicking set on the opening night of Milwaukee's Summerfest. Added Seth of the prosperous 2012 sessions that produced two full-length albums, "We definitely hit some kind of stride."

Hours before they took the Marcus Amphitheater stage and performed a hair-raising Summerfest set, the Avetts reflected on how their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled new album feels eerily prescient. Many of the songs, the band explained, were first written as far back as seven or eight years ago. Lyrically though, the band said they feel the new jams make sense now more than ever. "There are these almost frightening sort of lyrics within this record that apply to us so much right now," Seth offered. "It's pretty amazing because we're in a very fortunate place to have new understanding of these lyrics and to be able to get behind them."

The Carpenter sessions came at a transitional time for the Avetts: Thanks to their critically acclaimed 2009 LP I and Love and You—the first album they recorded with

mega-producer Rick Rubin—the band, once a ragged, freewheeling unit, was now a more well-polished rock outfit. They were also peaking in popularity. But rather than rest on their laurels, the brothers focused even more so on quality songwriting. "I and Love and You helped us gauge quality," explained Scott.

The duo admitted that working with Rubin took their communication skills to a new level. And since first coming together on I and Love and You, both the band and producer now feel like a decidedly more cohesive unit. Said Scott of working with Rubin on The Carpenter and the forthcoming new album: "Now we trust each other's abilities to the next level."

Furthermore, after having now listened to, edited, and retouched their new songs—some over as long as the past several years—the band remains excited by the opportunity to continue engaging with these new tracks, and letting them gestate even further.

"When do you ever have the space to make a record and then just be able to mull over it?" Seth asked rhetorically, his voice trailing off. Scott chimed in, and adeptly drew a comparison between the band's new album and the work of a seasoned painter. "Spending time away from the painting is every bit as valuable as brush to the canvas. We're still learning the [new album's] concept and it's still revealing itself. It's very interesting."

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