ISAAC HANSON: I think it was circumstance. If we would have known how things would have gone, we might have changed a little bit of what we did, but I don't think we have any regrets. We did a lot of different things. We did the Christmas record, which was awesome--we really enjoyed doing that, and then we released 3 Car Garage. We also released a live record and a live video, which was a follow-up to our other long-form video, Tulsa, Tokyo, And The Middle Of Nowhere, so we have definitely done a lot. Unfortunately, I think people didn't necessarily know about some of the things that we did. So we're just going to make the best record that we can and hope that everybody likes it. We're not doing it as quickly as possible but we definitely want to get it out.

ALL-STARS: Do you have any message at all for the fams who are waiting desperately to see you again?

ZAC HANSON: Doing the new album is going to be really fun, and just gettng back into the studios, because that's something we really love doing, just making music. Most likely we'll be co-producing so that'll be good. As far as a message, it would probably go like this, "Fans, I'm sorry it's taken so long to come out with a second album." We're going to be recording the new album in the summer.

ALL-STARS: What can you tell us about Hanson's next new album?

ISAAC: All I can tell you, at the moment, is that we have completed about 25 songs, which we've written, and done early recordings to put the songs down to tape and we've been talking with producers over the last several weeks. It's possible we could be recording now or a month and half from now, but it's not confirmed.

ALL-STARS: When will the album be out?

ISAAC: Tentatively, and I do put the emphasis on tentatively, we're hoping that it will come out mid-fall or early fall, early winter. I don't know. We're thinking Octoberish, but, it may change. I wouldn't even print that. I would just say fall.

ALL-STARS: What kind of music are you working on? Are there any songs that jump out at you as a favorite?

TAYLOR HANSON: We're very excited about it, as you hope any band would be about their own music. I think it's hard to say this is the favorite or not, you're into each one, and each one means something to you. But I think different people have responded, when we play for other people and get feedback, there are certain ones that people go, "Oh, that seems like the kind of song that stands out." But really there's just a lot of very unique songs, each one has its own flavor to it. So we're just really excited overall about the album."

ISAAC: I definitely think our goal is to do something different, make a record that no one has made, but at the same time, keep similarities so that we don't leave people thinking, "Wait, what is this? This is a totally different band." I don't think there would be that problem because it will always be similar and it will always be us. But there are definitely similarities and differences and I think that will be the cool and appealing thing about it. We're definitely working on a lot of different songs right now. We're looking forward to the soon-to-come recording process.

ALL-STARS: How many of the songs have you written?

TAYLOR: All of them. On the last album we wrote all of them, but we did co-write on some of them. That was just the way it happened. We just happened to end up working with some really awesome, very talented writers. But, so far, we've written all of the songs by ourselves without any co-writers. We've been writing songs for as long as I can remember, so expressing ourselves is just the natural way it comes out.

ALL-STARS: Could you give us the names of some of the songs you've written so far?

ISAAC: Unfortunately, I probably can't. the song titles wouldn't have any real significance because it's hard to say whether they would be on the record or not. We have a lot of songs.

ALL-STARS: Have you had any personal experiences that have given you any ideas for any of your new songs?

ISAAC: Well, there have been, but I can't comment on that until the record comes out. The songs really describe them very well, so I don't have to even go there.

ALL-STARS: Do you have any ideas for new videos to go with your new record?

ZAC: We've still got to finish writing and producing the songs, so that will come later. Basically, when the single comes out, it will come out with the video.

ALL-STARS: You had so much success with Middle of Nowhere, Is there a lot of pressure to follow up that success?

ISAAC: Some might say yes, but I wouldn't say that, because I don't really feel that there's any pressure. We're really just going forward to do the best record that we can. We're not feeling any pressure at the moment. We're just saying we're going to do this record and do it to the best of our ability and hope that everyone responds really well to it. That's the way that we did the first record. No one, especially us, would have thought it would have done as well as it did, and we're just continuing to think that way.

ALL-STARS: What else have you guys been up to since last summer?

ISAAC: It was a nice little break, there were times early on where we were saying, "Do we want to take a break or do we want to tour?" We went out on tour last summer and that was really awesome. We spent about ive months touring and did almost 40 dates. Since then, we've been working on songs and just taking a moment to catch our breath.

ALL-STARS: Are you aching to get back on the road yet?

ISAAC: I definitely think there are things inside of you where you say, "Now I wanna tour and now I wanna do a record." I think we're now at that point where we're saying, "Yes, we wanna do the record now." So, that's really what we're focused on is doing the record and touring will come very soon after that.

ZAC: This fall we will hopefully be going on another tour--going around the world, like going to Australia and South America and just everywhere, because on the last tour we really just stayed mainly in the States. We did a show in England, a show in France and a show in Germany, but we really didn't go anywhere out of the States, so this time we're gonna go to Japan and everywhere.

ALL-STARS:What do you enjoy most about being out on the road?

ZAC: The most fun thing is just performing. I was at a show recently and I was just realizing how much fun it is to be out there in front of the fans just playing music. That's one of the things I'm mainly looking forward to.

ALL-STARS:Can you tell us about the MOE promotional CD?

ISAAC: We're doing a special enhanced CD for people in our fan club, MOE. It includes five songs which are from our previous independent record and has special computer-related things on it like screen savers and wallpaper and special video clips. We were tring to get that out to people because there were a lot of things going around on the Internet. People were getting bootleg copies of things and whatnot and we wanted to follow the strategy of the 3 Car Garage things, like, "Guys, here's the real thing and here's some other stuff we think is pretty cool." So, there's a lot of different things on there.

ALL-STARS: How do you get this promotional CD?

ISAAC: It's available if you join MOE now or renew your membership. Also when you join MOE, you get four issues of the magazine, which is a 32-page color magazine that has articles we've written, exclusive contests and all kinds of other things.