The Tell All Your Friends-era lineup of Taking Back Sunday have begun work on their next full length and their first album together in more than eight years. The reunion, announced earlier this month saw the return of guitarist/vocalist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper. Nolan and Cooper initially left the band in 2003 to form alternative/indie pop act Straylight Run, who themselves announced their hiatus in February.

The band issued a press release about recording, with longtime vocalist Adam Lazzara explaining:

This crazy idea came up and once we started exploring it and talking on the phone it was almost like all that time hadn't passed between us. I don't think any of us really knew if hanging out again let alone writing and playing together would actually work. For it to feel so comfortable and effortless so quickly made us realize that we had to give it a chance.

The band will be recording their fifth studio album in Los Angeles this summer with producer Eric Valentine.