Started writing A Lifetime of Learning

Upon the release of Hybrid in the United States, the decision was made to continue Better Luck Next Time as a four-piece again without the keyboards being present in the line-up. At the beginning of 2009, the band started writing their third album A Lifetime Of Learning . Instead of doing it entirely by themselves as they had done in the past, the band hired Steve Kravac ( Blink-182 , Less Than Jake , MxPx ) to record, engineer, produce, and mix. The album was tracked and mixed at Gourmet Sound in Encino, California (which is owned by both Steve Kravac and guitarist Greg Hetson of Bad Religion ). A summer tour with The Vandals and the Voodoo Glow Skulls was scheduled in Japan supporting the release of the album, however Brian fell ill to a rare occurrence known as Meckel’s diverticulum and Better Luck Next Time was forced to cancel. A Lifetime of Learning was released in Japan in December 2009 with a rescheduled tour in January 2010.