sentences:  After their autumn-winter tour of 2008, which covered over 12 countries, the band took a performance stop in the first months of 2009 to write songs for their next record.They began touring again in March 2009, introducing new songs at every gig, sometimes including unfinished songs or those without lyrics.They opened for Foals in Brighton in 2009 to road-test some new material by playing all new songs except for "It's Getting Boring by the Sea" and "This Is Not For You".