 After starting 2009 with two warm @-@ up shows for their tour of Japan in Scarborough and Crewe , the band later on in May announced that Feeder had " ended their partnership " with drummer Mark Richardson , who returned to his original band Skunk Anansie . Mark was replaced by session drummer Karl Brazil who had just come off tour with James Blunt , and had also played drums for British band Ben 's Brother . Karl 's first live appearances with the band , after a series of university events were at the UK leg of the Sonisphere Festival , stating that this would be their only UK festival appearance of 2009 , as they would be working on their seventh studio album . It was then later announced that they would be appearing at the Hevy Music Festival in Folkestone . Here they previewed a new track titled " Sentimental " , with the announcement that they have been in a recording studio in South Wales . 
