I feel really bad about saying this but I have no excitement for this new album. I'm not saying it is going to be crap. I just don't get excited anymore after the last two albums, the band's bullshit about these last two albums being some of their best and the mainstream attitude the band has taken.
I think the band seems to have approached the new album with a bit of a different mindset, and the little bits we know so far seem to indicate to me that it isn't going to slot perfectly into the ATYCLB/HTDAAB mould. I hope that perception proves to be accurate, because it's what's giving me some optimism that the album will be the best since Pop.
Though the fact even Eno feels the need to spout off and talk up tracks doesn't bode well.