Task: Question Answering
Input (English): passage: On August 18, 2017 the band announced that keyboardist Paul Defiglia would be leaving the band on September 3, 2017. On September 24, 2017 Scott Avett stated in a video interview that ``the process has begun'' for working on their tenth studio album. On December 21, 2017 Scott Avett mentioned in an interview that they were again working with producer Rick Rubin.
 question: are the avett brothers recording a new album?
Output (English): Yes