ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons has revealed that a new album from the band is in works and will drop this year.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of ZZ Top, the trio Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard formed a half a century ago. The iconic rock band have sold over 50 million albums worldwide since then.

The band’s 16th album will be a follow-up to 2012’s La Futura and will be produced by Rick Rubin.

“It’s called Foam Box Recordings, where we get to gather and try out a few new things,” Gibbons told the U.K.’s Daily Express. “In fact, I was just on the phone just yesterday with the noted producer Mr. Rick Rubin. Rick’s got a few ideas that he threw into the mix. He’s raring to get us back in the room. He likes to work on the West Coast, so it’s between Texas and California where we dream this stuff up.”

He added, “So it’ll be coming up, probably in the next few months, I hope. It’s a bit premature for a proper announcement, but it’ll be forthcoming, yeah.”

Source: RTT Music News