Nine Inch Nails have announced a new EP, which will arrive this year “before the first shows” of their planned tour dates. The news was relayed to fans via an email from Trent Reznor, which Pitchfork can confirm; the full text of it can be found here. “DID YOU KNOW NOT THE ACTUAL EVENTS WAS THE FIRST PART OF A TRILOGY OF RELATED EPS THAT WILL BE RELEASED ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS APART? NOW YOU DO,” a part of the message reads, referring to the band’s 2016 release Not the Actual Events EP. If that schedule holds, we should see the second installment of the three-EP trilogy before July 23 (the first scheduled Nine Inch Nails tour date at FYF Fest in Los Angeles), and the final release near the end of the calendar year.

Elsewhere in the note, Reznor explains the reasons for delays on Nine Inch Nails vinyl releases, giving fans an updated timeline on when they’ll be receiving their orders. Not the Actual Events EP was released with a “physical component,” which ended up being a mysterious black powder.