Former My Chemical Romance guitarist and Frank Iero & The Patience frontman took to Instagram yesterday to hint at an upcoming project, which he said would involve collaborating with some ‘surprise’ musicians.

Frank released his Keep The Coffins Coming EP only last year, which followed hot on the tails of his full-length 2016 effort Parachutes. This latest announcement suggests a follow-up may not be far off, as he made sure to mention that ‘demos are afoot, and [he] can’t stop grinning like a fuhking maniacal idiot’,

As for the mystery musicians, he’s keeping the names close to his chest for now, but we do know that they are people he has respected and wanted to work with for ‘over 10 years’. Given his outspoken love for bands like The Misfits and Black Flag, speculation has arisen that the people he’s so ‘privileged and honoured to get to play with’ might be a part of the punk scene, but aside from that there’s no telling.

The update came in the form of a lengthy Instagram post, which also featured an odd anecdote about a frog Iero caught and released from his home. There was even an image of the creature, which Frank affectionately named Fred Savage, along with the hope that he was currently in the wild ‘smoking frog cigarettes, in a professional building for frogs, talking to a frog therapist about his bizarre abduction experience’.

Whether the stream of consciousness ramble contained any cryptic clues remains to be seen, but the update was well-received by fans none the less. Plus, Frank promised to release more info about this ‘next chapter’ when the time comes, telling his fans to ‘stay tuned’ as there was ‘so much more’ he didn’t want to ‘bombard’ them with all at once.

You can read the full post below:

der frends, my apologies for being out of contact this past week, but so much has happened! ive been busy and i feel i must fill you in a little…. i’m happy to inform you that work has begun on the next chapter! i have been privileged and honored to get to play with some musicians i have wanted to start a band with for over 10 years, and it was beyond any expectation i could possibly have had (but i’m not going to fully ruin that surprise just yet) i will say demos are afoot, and i can’t stop grinning like a fuhking maniacal idiot. 2! i found a frog in my house and captured him in a yellow cup. i named him fred savage and released him into the nj wild. i like to think he’s currently smoking frog cigarettes, in a professional building for frogs, talking to a frog therapist about his bizarre abduction experience. on saturday, i got to see the mighty Misfits play an arena in what is basically my home town, Newark NJ. and i must say it was such beautiful magical chaos i could just explode. (i wasn’t allowed to take pictures however, so here’s a photo of Darryll from the office reading a Newspaper with a Danzig headline.) And last but not least, i got these crazy and amazingly comfortable new shoes in the mail (that no one likes but me…however everyone is being super nice and supportive about it) they look as if someone’s grandmother knitted a police sketch of a facehugger from alien and i love them so very very much. And that’s not everything! there’s so much more that im not gonna bombard you with now. but seriously, pretty solid week! so stay tuned and keep the faith. until we speak/type again -