 That September the band released a cover version of the unrecorded Germs song "Beyond Hurt, Beyond Help" for the Japanese re-release of the 1996 Germs tribute album "A Small Circle of Friends".The band toured internationally in December 2008, performing in Mexico, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, and Belgium, followed by a string of dates in California in January 2009.By that March they were rehearsing their new material and Reflex was writing lyrics, with plans to record in early April and have the album finished by May.