In an exclusive interview with Radio.com, singer and chief songwriter Jeremy McKinnon said that the recording process was delayed due to an unusual problem � having too much material.

"We had so many songs this time around; it was a pretty demanding process," explained McKinnon. "It wasn't as simple as just recording these 14 songs. To be honest, we ended up working out more than a double album's worth of material and we're trying to trim it down to make it the best it can be, to where it's an actual concise record."

But as evidenced by McKinnon's tweet on Tuesday (March 19), the band checked off that phase. "Common Courtesy is officially tracked! Now, onward to mixing."

Last fall the rockers posted a countdown clock to their website. In December, when the clock hit zero, a new song was posted. Fans seemed pleased by the decidedly heavy track, titled "Violence (Enough Is Enough)."

But with the band's growing mainstream success, why did first release a heavy track and not a mass-appeal pop-punk track or ballad? It turns out that fans were at the heart of the decision.