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Red Hot Chili Peppers LP Due in August

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Five years after the release of Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers will return this summer with their 10th studio album, the band revealed via their official site. The disc – produced by longtime collaborator Rick Rubin – will be titled I’m With You and is due out August 30. It will be the first album to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (the band’s one-time touring guitarist), following the amicable split with John Frusciante in 2008.

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Earlier this year, SPIN caught up with frontman Anthony Kiedis and he revealed that the band’s creative approach was reinvigorated by much-needed time apart: Flea teamed up with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke for Atoms for Peace; drummer Chad Smith recorded and toured with his all-star group Chickenfoot; Kiedis took time out to raise his child.

“I think that during the writing of this record I have been the most open-minded and refreshed than I have been in a long time,” Kiedis told SPIN. “I guess that comes from a much-needed hiatus and becoming a father.”

Kiedis also said that Flea’s studies in music theory added a “whole new dynamic” to the sessions. “This album has been one of evolution,” he said. “Before, some of our jams were a bit hit-and-miss. On this record, a decent number of songs were actually thought out and planned in a way we had never done before. That is, with Flea’s new knowledge of music theory, we explored the writing process with a bit more precision.”