Howards Alias - Reformation

Reformation

On 25 September 2006, the following message appeared on Thinkpol's Myspace:

Hello good people of the world.

Thinkpol are no longer a band.

For future reference go to www.myspace.com/howardsalias

This was followed by news of a December tour and fourth album to follow in 2007. This incarnation of the band included Matthew Roberts (formerly of NoComply) on saxophone and Rob King (formerly of Thinkpol) on drums.

In the summer of 2007, Howards Alias made three new songs available for streaming on their MySpace over a period of three weeks. The first, entitled "Wot 'Ave You", appeared on June 29, 2007, with the remaining two tracks—"Swansong" and "Spilt Milk"—appearing on the next two consecutive Fridays (the 6th and 13 July respectively).

Howards Alias later confirmed via Myspace blog that they would soon be recording their fourth album, tentatively titled . Songs mentioned for inclusion on the album were "What A View" (a re-titling of "Wot 'Ave You"), "Swansong", "Spilt Milk", "Big Brains", "Long Haul", "Saw Sense", "Taking Off", "We Are The Sun", "Rooftops", "Not The Same", and "Cough It Up" (an unrecorded Thinkpol-era song). The band played three dates at the end of October to precede the recording of the album, in Derby, Southampton and Folkestone.

In a December blog, was announced as being "ready to buy in March 2008".