The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences. The band was formed in 1990 and was active until 2005 having seven full-length albums. They reunited in 2011 to play several Canadian tour dates and then they dicided to continue with touring.
During one of their show in Australia Jeff Martin (singer, guitarist) told the audience "We are the Tea Party and we're here to stay. And we're never going away again." and at the end of the year they announced that they would release a new album in 2012. In 2012 they recorded one of their live shows in Australia and released it on "Live From Australia: The Reformation Tour 2012" (released 2013).
The new album was post-poned but is about to be released in 2014.