had ever worked with. Portnoy, Evans, and Guidroz then travelled to Electric Lady Studios to mix the album with Michael Brauer. Over five days, the entire album was mixed. The self-titled debut studio album was released on March 26, 2012. It debuted at No. 9 on Billboard's Hard Rock chart, and No. 11 on the BBC's Rock Album chart. 2012 Tour In late 2012, the band toured the United States and Europe. They played two shows in the United States, and the rest of the tour in Europe, because shows were closer together. The tour was brief because of conflicting schedules among the members. With only one studio album, the band added cover songs by each of the other band members: "Odyssey" (Dixie Dregs), "Repentance" (Dream Theater), "June" (Spock's Beard). Portnoy chose the song order, and would often change the order between shows, depending on how things went the night before. One night while McPherson was sound-checking his vocal microphone, he started singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Portnoy was so taken with McPherson's rendition that he requested that McPherson add it to the set. This was done the night before the show was recorded for the album, Live in Europe. Live in Europe Flying Colors recorded their show at Tilburg's 013 venue for release as a Blu-Ray/DVD. The venue was chosen because it was a favourite of Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy. Transatlantic and Marillion lighting designer Yenz Nyholm flew in to do lights for the show, having rehearsed from a video recorded on an iPad. The show was recorded and edited by Bernhard Baran and his crew, who had also recorded shows for Transatlantic. Evans insisted on a dolly camera, which was traditionally only used in much larger venues; several rows of audience seats needed to be removed. Released as Live in Europe, the Blu-ray/DVD debuted at No. 1 on the French charts. It was mixed by Jerry Guidroz, who also engineered front of house for the tour. The video was edited by Bernhard Baran. After the show ended, the audience did not leave the venue, and requested additional music. The band members were gathered; Neal Morse was already on the tour bus, getting ready for bed. The band performed an impromptu version of Deep Purple's "Space Trucking". Neal Morse, McPherson and Portnoy took turns on lead vocals. A vinyl version of the album included "Space Trucking" as a hidden track on the third LP of the vinyl version. Morse was concerned that their impromptu performance might be viewed by some fans as not honoring the song. Three live videos were released by Mascot Label Group: “Odyssey”, "The Storm", and "All Falls Down". Live in Europe had two other bonus tracks, mixed by Evans, both taken from the band's first European show in Hamburg, Germany. Several employees of Steinberg, including director of marketing Frank Simmerlein, brought an early version of Steinberg's Nuendo Live recording system to capture the show. "Love Is What I'm Waiting For" was released by Mascot Label Group as a bonus for pre-orders; "Blue Ocean" was released as an iTunes-only track. A documentary, First Flight, recounted the band's experiences on the tour, was described as: "Backstage, on the bus, and in extended interviews, discover the seedy and sordid underside to the prog's most dangerous band. And observe the surreal cavalcade of lost innocence when one crew member does the unforgivable on the tour bus." Clips of songs from the band’s first performance, as well as from the Hamburg show, were also included. Second Nature For Flying Colors' second studio release, the band wrote and recorded in four