They're currently taking a break, with frontman Chris Cornell about to embark on a solo tour, bassist Ben Shepherd promoting a solo album and drummer Matt Cameron busy with Pearl Jam's upcoming Lightning Bolt.

But their thoughts are directed towards what might happen when they regroup for their seventh full-length release. Asked how their next set of songs might evolve, Cameron tells O2 Academy: "We have a way of writing and playing together � the evolution might have already happened. I think we'd like to make a record that's more rock, that has more bite and more guitars."