But Townsend says in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session: "The 'break' is less about not composing - that's what I do, to be fair - but more about not allowing myself to get cornered by my own designs. The break will be more about doing it when I want to as opposed to having five deadlines to reach."

Asked if there would ever be a follow-up to his 2006 ambient album The Hummer, he replies: "Yeah, I'm working on something along those lines. Different though. Tentatively named Garden Music."