Sum 41 have announced they have completed the follow-up to 2004 album "Chuck". The self-produced effort was recorded in Los Angeles and follows the first new material by the band since the departure of guitarist Dave Baksh. The CD should come out this summer.

The Canadian quartet has already started auditions to find a replacement for Baksh. "If all goes well, we should be back playing shows in mid-April," the group's statement says.