Camel "making" a new album

The Next Camel Album

So where is the next Camel album?  Somewhere in the making.  When all was said and done, and the crisis receded, it was time to return to 'normal' life.  We started making plans.  But it turned out to not be there any more, that 'normal' life.  It was, quite simply, totally different.  Of course, the sun rises and sets, the earth revolves on its axis, etc., except life was anything but the way it once was.  When you spend two full years trying to anticipate -- and outwit -- the worst scenario possible, it takes a rather insidious toll.  When the storm passes, it's an involuntary reflex to get right back to business.  We wanted to get Camel back on the road for the Retirement Sucks Tour, write a new album, record a new DVD, just get on with it in general.  But we hadn't grasped one very important aspect of having gone through a life-changing experience:  We are Survivors.  And that, in itself, is life-changing.  What we needed to do was quite the opposite of our grand plans, and was something that just happened without our really knowing.  Survivors need to exhale deeply and learn to inhale without the imposition of dread.  Unexpectedly, we needed time to recover from the battle itself.  Finally, we're ready for the challenges ahead.