" a new album just seems like a step closer to them ending"

What? Fights (for most bands), stagnant writing, no progression, poor sales, them getting older, = step to bands ending.

So to the extent that you think that if this album sells poorly then it will be a step to them ending then I agree.

But to the extent taht actually producing and continuing to make alubms is indicative oif a band ending I don't understand at all. I think that's antithetical to ending. Oasis could just not put out another album, that would keep them from ending. Except, wait, then they would have ended.

I really don't look at it taht way. Bands don't continue or fail based only on how many albums they put out. I don't think Oasis will break up after their 20th album because it's their 20th album. Maybe because they don't want to be in a band any longer, maybe because they don't like each other any longer, maybe because they're not popular any longer, maybe because they're out of ideas. But not just "oh, that's alubbm 20 eh? - i'm off". Similarly it's not like "oh, taht's year 38 eh? - i'm done" These factors are merely symptomatic of some of the problems I listed. To the extent that another album is symptomatic of time passing then fine, but time will pass regardless of whether they put an album out or not, and if they don't put out another album they break up by default. time passing does not worry me, i mean, yeah tomorrow they are closer, as a matter of fact to breaking up than they are today. But so what? I don't want to remain stuck with what I have now - I have what I have now regardless of future, future jsut brings more.

But no - I'm not optimistic about this alubm - meaning of sould , bell will ring, let love something I think are really bad. Maybe they've been redone and the rest is killer, I hope so, so far I have been given little reason to think so.

Let's wait for lyla though