Deftones Nearly Wrapped on New Album, According to Coachella Interview
It’s
been
four
years
since
the
release
of
the
last
Deftones
album,
making
them
one
of
the
last
bands
on
planet
Earth
that
was
active
before
the
pandemic
to
give
us
their
first
post-pandemic
album.
It
looks
like
the
wait
is
almost
over,
with
members
of
the
band
saying
that
all
they
have
left
to
do
is
finish
up
the
vocals.
In
an
interview
reported
on
by
Lambogoat
with
KROQ
at
Coachella,
during
which
even
the
Deftones
seemed
surprised
to
find
they
were
playing
Coachella,
drummer
Abe
Cunningham
and
vocalist
Chino
Moreno
discussed
where
they
were
at
with
their
10th
studio
album.
Says
Moreno:
“We’ve
just
sort
of
been
working
on
and
off
over
the
last
year
and
a
half.
From
when
we
started
writing
to
where
we’re
sitting
right
now
is
we
have
a
whole
record
recorded,
all
musically,
and
it’s
pretty
much
my
job
now
to
finish
up
the
vocals.“I
have
this
show
again
next
week
and
then
straight
after
that
I
go
back
home
to
Oregon
and
I
go
in
the
studio.
So
as
long
as
that
takes,
I
hate
to
put
a
definite
time
frame,
because
we’re
not
really
in
a
rush.“We
want
it
to
be
great,
I
think
that’s
most
important.
But
it
is
coming
and
it’s
really
good.
We’re
really
excited
with
what
we
what
we’ve
been
working
on,
and
everybody’s
jazzed.”
When
asked
about
what
fans
can
expect
from
the
next
album,
Moreno
promised
an
“invigorated”
sound:
“That’s
a
big
question.
I
feel
like
overall
it’s
just
an
invigorated
kind
of
sound.
What
I
was
saying
earlier,
it’s
like
after
all
these
years
you
go
in,
we
haven’t
written
a
record
since
what
was
it,
like
pre-covid
I
think
when
we
were
last
in
the
studio?
So
it’s
been
a
while
since
we
had
actually…
I
mean
we’ve
been
playing
shows,
but
we
hadn’t
really
got
to
start
being
creative.“The
creative
part
to
me
is
always
kind
of
the
funnest
part
of
being
in
a
band.
Performing
is
great,
but
coming
up
with
something
out
of
nothing
that
feeling
is
like
cannot
be
topped.
So
when
you
get
in
the
room
with
your
friends,
we’re
laughing,
we’re
having
fun,
and
then
someone
does
something,
and
then
I
react
to
it,
or
they
react
to
what
I’m
doing,
or
you
know,
it
goes
in
a
circle
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
we
lift
our
heads
up,
and
there’s
something
that
exists
that
didn’t
exist
before
we
walked
in
that
room.”
There
will
be
a
slight
change
in
the
house
of
guys
for
the
next
album,
as
long-time
bassist
Sergio
Vega
left
in
2022
citing
a
dispute
over
a
contract,
claiming
he
was
never
a
full-member
and
more
of
a
touring
member
with
a
contract
that
he
declined
to
renew.
The
band
has
been
touring
with
bassist
Fred
Sablan
ever
since.