Reformation in 2010 and Second Album 'This Sporting Life'
On 21 September 2010, Abbott announced via his Twitter and Facebook pages that the band would be reforming, after it was initially announced over a year ago that they had split up in favour of a solo project from Abbott. A second album was written and recorded in the last few months of the year at MiNI dOG's home studio in Sheffield.
Videos were made for demo tracks from the second album, setting the songs to stills from Abbott's favourite films including A Taste of Honey, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, L'Appartement, Amélie and Trainspotting.
With a new band composed of Abbott's closest friends from Wakefield, live dates began to gather pace over spring 2011 and the band announced that they'd signed a deal with Indie label Heist Or Hit Records. Both the band's new album This Sporting Life and their previously unreleased debut Love And Other Catastrophes were released as a 2CD Bonus Edition on 2 August 2011.
The new album was named after the 1963 Wakefield based kitchen-sink drama of the same name, and was recorded at MiNI dOG's home studio between August and November 2010.
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