Sum 41 Progressing Well In Studio

Deryck Whibley said last month that Sum 41 were recording an EP, but things have been going so well that it could turn into an album.

"Cone has been in LA with us putting down his bass parts on about 6 new songs," Whibley wrote on the band's website on Tuesday. "I'm not sure how many songs we've got but we have way more than I expected we would have at this point.

"For some reason I'm writing songs really fast right now. Everything so far has been really easy and really fun. I can't wait for you guys to hear this new music.

"it looks like we may have music out sooner than we thought. We'll keep you updated."

Sum 41's last album, Underclass Hero, was released in the summer of 2007 and has sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada, 500,000 in the U.S. and has moved more than 600,000 units in Japan.