Love Amongst Ruin

Upon leaving Placebo after the conclusion of their Meds tour in September 2007,[1] Steve Hewitt had a vision "to create a new band, a new album and a new sound".

He immediately enlisted Lamb bassist Jon Thorne and his brother Nick Hewitt to begin writing and demoing new music at his home studio.

Between April and August 2008, the collective moved to Moles Studio in Bath for three recording sessions with producer Paul Corkett,[3] which yielded ten songs, with Hewitt predominantly performing drums and lead vocals.

Gizz Butt filled in for Steve Hove on the Recycling Party tour in May,[20] while Jon Thorne stepped in for Teresa Morini at the Fête de la Musique in Valence, France in June.

[21] The band spent two days at Fisher Lane Farm in early August with producer Paul Corkett to record acoustic versions of nine tracks released on their self-titled debut album.

[26] The writing process for the album was completed in March 2012 and was recorded by Hewitt and Donald Ross Skinner, with Dan Austin producing.

[31][32] Despite announcements in January 2013 and February 2014 that news would be forthcoming, the band remained inactive while Hewitt worked with Six by Seven, Polaroid Kiss and produced records for Lys and Spiral 69.

[36] On 9 April, Q Magazine made "Swan Killer" their Track of the Day and the band announced the album title as Lose Your Way, with a release date of 29 June 2015.

[46][47] On 19 August 2016, a new song, "Amy's Prayer", featuring guest vocals from Amber Kingi, was made available for free via the band's web store.

[50] Reduced in length due to a family bereavement suffered by Paui Draper,[51] the tour was performed acoustically by Steve Hewitt and Gizz Butt.

[53][54] Love Amongst Ruin describe themselves as "a multi-faceted rock band that promises the crunch of a stone age queen, the crossover appeal of a parkful of linkins and the melodicism of the hardiest fighter of foos".