 " Side By Side " , which was a chart @-@ eligible paid download in aid of the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan , charted at # 91 , before it ultimately did not appear on the UK version of the album , although did appear on the Japanese release . Grant Nicholas cited on the band 's Facebook page , that the single was released purely for the Japanese Tsunami disaster with the chart position not being as important . During their 2011 touring , Feeder introduced drummer Damon Wilson as a live regular and session musician . In September 2011 , the band revealed on their Facebook page that the recording of their yet @-@ untitled eighth studio album is complete with only mixing on the final song to be finalised , before mastering then began on 30 September in New York . Feeder hosted a trailer on YouTube titled " Coming Soon " on 2 December 2011 and had a message written in Morse code as " - ... --- .- . - .. . .- . ... " , which translates to " Borders " . On 6 December 2011 another trailer was released , announcing " Borders " as the first single from the new album , including a four @-@ date tour . On 19 January 2012 the official music video for " Borders " was uploaded on YouTube . " Borders " was released on CD , cassette and 7 " on 30 January 2012 , with the parent album Generation Freakshow originally scheduled with a release date of 26 March 2012 but later delayed until 23 April 2012 . This was the first time Feeder released a cassette single since 2001 's " Just a Day " . In February 2012 after Feeder had completed a mini @-@ tour , which ended in Inverness and started in Exeter , " Borders " charted at # 52 giving the band their 25th top 75 single and their first official chart visit since 2008 's " We Are the People " . 
