Stone Temple Pilots are postponing a string of upcoming shows previously scheduled for December and January to give the band more time in the studio to finish their long awaited new album.  The yet-to-be-titled forthcoming album is their first since 2001's Shangri-La Dee Da.

The band, who just canceled a show in Alberta, Canada, due to scheduling conflicts, was supposed to play a series of shows in December and January, all of which have been postponed until a later announced date.

"STP are postponing the December and January dates until next year so the band can finish their highly anticipated record which will be coming out in the early spring of next year," a post on their website read.

Roughly 18 songs have already been written for the new album, according to Rolling Stone. The project will be produced by Don Was.

"When we finish the album, there will be a big tour around its release and that will probably be a long tour," Scott Weiland promised fans.

Stone Temple Pilots have four shows remaining on the Canadian leg of their tour, which they will finish as planned. All concerts after a November 24 show in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have been canceled and will be rescheduled at later dates.