In October 2012, the music video for Coldplay’s song ” Hurts Like Heaven ” was released.
The band released two songs each month for five months from the Conventional Weapons sessions , starting in October 2012
and played a minor headlining tour around the United Kingdom and Ireland in October of that year
They later played a small headlining tour, titled ‘Flaws Tour’ in October 2012, with Swiss Lips as their support act.
and that a tour would follow in the following month of October in support of the album.
In late October it was announced that the fourth album would be called Sempiternal with a tentative release in early 2013.
In October 2012, the band released their second compilation album. The album, entitled The Essential Incubus , included songs spanning the band’s major label career, from 1997’s Enjoy Incubus EP to 2011’s If Not Now, When? .
The documentary Crossfire Hurricane , directed by Brett Morgen , was released in October 2012.
In October 2012, Barrett Martin announced a Mad Season box set:
It is also the band’s last release with Avex, and they returned to Universal Music in October.