In April 2008, Os Mutantes released their first song in more than 30 years, called “Mutantes Depois”, with new female vocalist Bia Mendes and male vocalist Fabio Recco, available for digital download and online stream.
In March 2008, on the prospect of a Mansun reunion, Draper stated that whilst he and Andie Rathbone were interested, “Dominic Chad would never do it, so it can’t happen”.
On February 13, 2008, a Daytrotter Sessions set was published including three songs the band performed live.
The ongoing conflicts among the surviving band members spilled over to the 2008 Presidential campaign . Barry Goudreau appeared with Mike Huckabee and played with him at some rallies in New Hampshire. Huckabee used “More Than a Feeling” as a campaign theme song. Scholz, a self-described ” Obama supporter”, sent…
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Origin of Symmetry has made appearances on lists of the greatest rock albums of the 2000s, both poll-based and on publication lists. In 2006, it placed at number 74 on Q magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All-Time, while in February 2008, the album placed at number 28…
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in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time”
the band turned their focus to working on a new album in early 2008
In spring 2008, Circa Survive released an On Letting Go B-side , “1,000 Witnesses”, to fans through the charity Invisible Children in an effort to raise money for the cause.
A short leg of shows in the Eastern U.S. occurred in late 2008
After supporting Thrice and Pelican for their spring 2008 tour