▁had ▁rejected ▁the ▁group ' s ▁new ▁album . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁band ▁stated ▁via ▁its ▁website ▁that ▁roughly ▁ 4 0   tra cks ▁were ▁being ▁considered ▁for ▁the ▁record , ▁but ▁no ▁estimated ▁arrival ▁date ▁could ▁be ▁provided . ▁Sub sequ ent ▁announ c ements ▁and ▁rum ors ▁were ▁circul ated ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years ▁prom ising ▁release ▁dates ▁and ▁bl aming ▁sample ▁clear ance ▁for ▁the ▁album ' s ▁delay ; ▁however ▁no ▁new ▁material ▁was ▁released ▁during ▁this ▁time . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁A riel ▁P ink , ▁Jenn ifer ▁Her re ma ▁and ▁D anny ▁Brown ▁revealed ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁A val an ches ▁on ▁new ▁music , ▁the ▁latter ▁mention ing ▁a ▁track ▁named ▁" Fran k ▁Sin atra ". ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁Twitter ▁page ▁released ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁song , ▁" The ▁Step k ids ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁group ▁released ▁a ▁track ▁entitled ▁" A ▁Cow boy ▁Overflow ▁of ▁the ▁Heart " ▁featuring ▁music ian ▁David ▁B erman , ▁reading ▁a ▁poem ▁he ▁composed ▁over ▁music ▁by ▁the ▁group . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁the ▁A val an ches ▁also ▁released ▁a ▁rem ix ▁of ▁Hun ters ▁& ▁Collect ors ' ▁first ▁single ▁" T alk ing ▁to ▁a ▁Str anger ". ▁During ▁this ▁era , ▁they