In late 2001, singer Julia Johnson and producer/bassist Mark Maclaine met, and early the following year formed the band Second Person.

It went on to sell out of its initial white-label run in the United Kingdom, USA and Australia through word of mouth and publicity generated by musical placements on documentaries and extreme sports films.

[2][3][4][5] Johnson and Maclaine composed the music for the British feature film City Rats, starring Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan and released in the cinemas in April 2009.

This album included songs such as "Gone Fishing", the video for which (directed by Katy Davis) gained extensive play on MTV and was used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV movies in the UK.

In a final email to their fans the band wrote: "Second Person has always been an expression of our combined love of many styles of music and was founded on a shared desire to tell powerful stories.