Begins writing seventh album

By 2017, Scholz had begun writing new material for the seventh Boston album. He told the Sun Herald in April of that year, “I find that I’m in a position that I really need to write things that we can play at the shows. We play basically everything that people expect to hear that we can fit into two hours. We also do a lot of things that aren’t on any of the records by adding things and segues and instrumental parts, so I always have to come up with new stuff. It’s quite a challenge. I have to write new things for the tour every year, which is what I wanted to do in the first place. But I got sidetracked in the studio, recording. Now, I’m actually a performing musician, and I have to tell you, it’s much more fun.” When asked the same month about a potential release date of the album, Scholz said, “Who knows? I’m only 70. I figure I’ve got 30 years.”