Toadies drop previously unreleased album this summer

Beloved alternative rock band the Toadies — whose platinum-certified 1994 album “Rubberneck” is a veritable rite of passage for an entire generation of Texans — have announced plans to drop their fourth full-length studio album, “Feeler,” this summer, according to Dallas record label Kirtland.

Well, sort of.

After the runaway success of “Rubberneck” and years of accordant touring, the Toadies returned to the studio in 1997 to record “Feeler,” a follow-up album that was flatly rejected by the band’s then-label, Interscope. Three of the songs off “Feeler” were salvaged for 2001’s “Hell Below/Stars Above,” but the album was otherwise lost to the sands of time and torrent networks, where various configurations of it have been floating around for years.

Always conscious of their fans’ desire for more vintage material, the Toadies have returned to Los Angeles to re-record songs off the “Feeler” sessions, with plans to release the album this summer before their two-night stand at the Whitewater Music Ampitheatre in New Braunfels. You can peep a highly dramatic teaser up for the new (old) album right here.