release of ‘Mountains’ single

The band released a new single entitled ” Mountains ” in July 2008, which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart – the band’s first song to reach the top 10, and their highest charting single to date. “Mountains” would later be included on their new album. In an interview with the NME , the band stated that they had started work on a follow up to Puzzle , with Simon Neil saying that the album would include some of the band’s “heaviest riffs to date”. In an interview with XFM, Ben Johnston revealed that the forthcoming album would be “Oli Coates”, and that they already had 16 demos laid down. Simon Neil told Kerrang magazine about the new album on 8 December, playfully saying “The soft bits are softer, and the hard bits are harder…”, mocking how bands always label their new albums the most heavy and yet melodic so far. The band worked with Puzzle producer Garth Richardson once again at Ocean Way studios .