I have a friend in music that told me that Incubus is suing their label, SONY. Their trying to get out of their contract, it's causing problems with the band and that's what their primary concern seems to be. The announcement of a new bass player is probably on a back-burner until they resolve their label issues.

I also found the following info at www.enjoyincubus.com.

"INCUBUS might be taking a break for a bit, but that doesn't mean the band members are....
Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas recently played a special show with The Time-Lapse Consortium (on January 24) at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. It was an instrumental voyage into the world of psychedelic funk and featured the musical talents of
Michael Einziger (Incubus)
Jose Pasillas II (Incubus)
Suzi Katayama
Ben Kenney (The Roots)
Neal Evans (Soulive)
and accompanied by an 11-piece orchestra!
A special appearance was made by Brandon Boyd who joined the The Time-Lapse Consortium for two tunes including this one, "Certain Shade of Lounge".

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