399775 04: (L-R) Sum 41 band members Steve Jocz, Dave Baksh, Cone McCaslin, and Deryck Whibley pose backstage January 18, 200
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If you're not part of the rational, tasteful cohort who still play All Killer No Filler and Does This Look Infected? on a regular basis, this news might not be for you. For everyone else: Sum 41 are recording a new album, their first in four years, ostensibly a comeback record after Deryck Whibley's stint in rehab.

There's a PledgeMusic page for the still-untitled LP, one with pre-order deals giving access to behind-the-scenes content and choices of vinyl, CD or digital copies. The band's six full-length follows 2011's Screaming Bloody Murder.

"After being in this band for almost 20 years, I didn't know what else I had to say," Whibley says in the intro video. After his 2014 brush with death—his alcoholism was that severe—he's got his inspiration back. Check it out:

The PledgeMusic page has more:

Words can’t describe how good it feels to be back, so I’ll just let the music do that instead. It’s been a crazy few years for all of us in one way or another, but with this much needed break and a new lease on life Sum 41 is back and stronger and more excited than we have been in a long time. It’s time to make a fucking great record! 

Deryck is currently on the road with My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way (also Gerard's bro). Check out an energetic performance of "Fat Lip" right here.

The 20 Most Iconic Pop-Punk Album Covers

No matter what, we never seem to outgrow the good old fashioned emo, punk and pop punk from the glorious Warped Tour days of old. Take a look at these totally classic covers of some of the raddest albums ever and see why the legacy lives on

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Saves the Day - 'Through Being Cool'

In terms of the artwork and the album itself, 'Through Being Cool' is almost impossible to beat. The image, sound and attitude of the record were all so iconic that it influenced a brand new wave of bands that modeled themselves in Saves the Day's image. (Both figuratively and literally...) more »

1999, Equal Vision Records

Fall Out Boy - 'Take This To Your Grave'

...Case in point: Fall Out Boy. Pete Wentz has cited 'Through Being Cool' as the main musical inspiration for 'Take This To Your Grave,' so naturally they took an aesthetic cue from Saves the Day while they were at it. The fact that Fall Out Boy has since become the biggest pop punk band in the world makes it that much more endearing to look back on their precious baby faces. more »

2003, Fueled By Ramen Records

The Starting Line - 'Say It Like You Mean It'

Perhaps no album cover has better encapsulated the after-school teenager image. You don't know who she's talking to or what she's saying, but you know you want her to be an honest person.  more »

2002, Drive-Thru Records

Brand New - 'Your Favorite Weapon'

Instead of writing about the album art here, we were just going to embed a video for "The Shower Scene." But our boss wouldn't like that, so we'll just talk about these chess pieces we love so much. The knight and fallen king serve as a pretty common tattoo for the angsty youth of America (and all the English boys we've met, too.) more »

2001, Iodine Recordings

Taking Back Sunday - 'Tell All Your Friends'

Fun Fact: Though TBS originates from New York, frontman Adam Lazzara hails from North Carolina. Exit 152 of Interstate 40 is where he would regularly stop when travelling to shows as a kid. They immortalized this memory with the cover of their legendary debut album, and they have incorporated the number 152 into every album cover since then to remind themselves of their beginnings. more »

2002, Victory Records

The Get Up Kids - 'Something To Write Home About'

This cover couldn't be a more perfect illustration of the album. Not because the album is about robots in love (although no one says you can't interpret it way,) but because the image is kind of homespun and corny, but you just can't help but love it to pieces. And really, isn't that what emo is all about? more »

1999, Vagrant Records

Weezer - 'Weezer' (a.k.a. 'The Green Album')

If there's an award out there for "Lifetime Achievement in Memorable Album Art," Weezer has got it in the bag. Every single album cover of theirs is iconic for one reason or another, but being their mainstream breakthrough record, the Green Album is the one that will forever be engrained in pop culture's memory bank. more »

2001, Geffen Records

Jimmy Eat World - 'Bleed American'

Ah, those bowling trophies. We can't even look at a f-cking bowling trophy without thinking about this album cover. Although, you might own CD version that doesn't say 'Bleed American.' There was a nearly seven year period after the 9/11 terrorist attacks where this record was re-released as simply 'Jimmy Eat World.' more »

2001, Geffen Records

Sum 41 - 'All Killer, No Filler'

We're not sure if this is an official number, but our rough estimate is that this front cover cost about $5 to create. Sum 41 may as well have invented the pop-punk selfie, and we're not even mad about it. They somehow came out with a classic cover despite (or maybe because of) not trying at all. more »

2001, Island Records

Motion City Soundtrack - 'Commit This To Memory'

The ribbon on this cover – which saw a different colorway when the band came out with a deluxe version – is the most salient aspect of the artwork. But not for nothing, we also see birds flying out of a city that seems to be built in frontman Justin Pierre's brain. It might be a little crazy, but this album is crazy good. more »

2005, Epitaph Records

Something Corporate - 'Leaving Through the Window'

We're not sure how we feel about bands bringing their album name to life on their album covers. But SoCo pulls it off here flawlessly. It's a girl (obviously good-looking, with just enough of a hint of…) leaving what we can assume is her boyfriend's room. It hints at teen movies of yesteryear, which ties into some of the songs on the album, and brings a general air of feeling carefree.  more »

2002, Drive-Thru Records

Say Anything - '...Is a Real Boy'

This cover not only lent itself to contextualize the Pinocchio-inspired record title, but the image was as unconventional and attention-grabbing as the music itself. Where so many bands in the genre strived to aestheticize their identities, Say Anything kept the visuals minimalistic and let their highly conceptual songs illustrate themselves. more »

2006, Doghouse Records

Paramore - 'All We Know is Falling'

This is reminiscent of a much different time; a time when Paramore didn't sell out arenas. Once upon a time, that red couch used to trigger the chorus of "Pressure" in our brains. Now, it reminds us of all the reasons we've loved Paramore for so long, and of how far they've come. more »

2005, Fueled By Ramen Records

No Doubt - 'Tragic Kingdom'

Although they're not typically thought of as a pop punk band by conventional standards, No Doubt's 'Tragic Kingdom' represented a perfect marriage of the two genres, and had one of the best album covers ever made - in any genre. In an ironic ode to Anaheim, home to No Doubt and to Disneyland (also known as "The Magic Kingdom," get it?), Gwen Stefani smiles as she warmly welcomes us to the No Doubt's sardonic paradise. more »

1995, Interscope Records

Green Day - 'Dookie'

When we got this album, we could look at it every single day and still find funny new things within the album art. The blimp that says Bad Year instead of GoodYear. The monkey wondering if he should throw his poop. It's worth picking up a copy of this thing on vinyl just so you can have a larger version of the art to stare at.  more »

1994, Reprise Records

New Found Glory - 'Sticks and Stones'

New Found Glory's Dymo-label logo is a piece of art on its own, but the Sticks/Stones jerseys were a stroke of genius. (The brilliance continues on the inside of the CD booklet… but you'll have to go find your own copy to find out what's in there!) more »

2002, MCA Records

Alkaline Trio - 'From Here to Infirmary'

Forget all those trendy vampires du jour: Alkaline Trio were looking like cool undead guys back in the 90's. The cover for 'From Here to Infirmary' looks like it could be an album by a gothic boy band. Alkaline Trio, we would love to spend the rest of our afterlives with you. more »

2001, Vagrant Records

Rancid - '...And Out Come the Wolves'

This looks exactly like a gutterpunk remake of Minor Threat's iconic self-titled LP cover, which is a hell of a comparison to invite, but Rancid has always been a band with balls. Fortunately for them (and for us all, really,) this record is absolutely illustrious in its own right. more »

1995, Epitaph Records

My Chemical Romance - 'Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'

These are the bloodied faces of the concept album that spawned an entire new breed of pop punk. Frontman Gerard Way drew the lovers himself and established them as the lead characters in the storyline of 'Three Cheers' and subsequently the mascots of a dark, gothy, ultra-stylized wave of pop punk that My Chem would introduce to the world. more »

2004, Reprise Records

Blink-182 - 'Enema of the State'

And behold: the most iconic of them all. No matter who you are, you have a memory of this album cover. Whether you were a fan, knew someone who was, or maybe you were a parent who confiscated this record from someone's impressionable eyes and ears, the cover of 'Enema of the State' is an image that humanity has no choice but to remember (and dearly cherish) forever. more »

1999, MCA Records

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