▁J K ▁F lesh ; ▁G . ▁C . ▁Green , ▁God f lesh ' s ▁other ▁found ing ▁member , ▁spent ▁the ▁time ▁quietly , ▁finishing ▁school ▁and ▁foc using ▁on ▁his ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁partner . ▁Though ▁Bro adr ick ▁quickly ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁writing ▁music ▁under ▁the ▁God f lesh ▁title ▁again , ▁he ▁pres umed ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁be ▁perman ently ▁dead . ▁He ▁and ▁Green ▁remained ▁friendly ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁but ▁they ▁rarely ▁if ▁ever ▁spoke ▁about ▁the ▁band . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁though , ▁Bro adr ick ▁decided ▁to ▁approach ▁Green ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁reform ing ▁God f lesh . ▁The ▁latter ▁respond ed ▁enthus iast ically , ▁and ▁in ▁November ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁re union ▁was ▁made ▁official ▁with ▁the ▁announ cement ▁that ▁God f lesh ▁would ▁be ▁performing ▁at ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁festival ▁in ▁France . ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁both ▁Bro adr ick ▁and ▁Green ▁said ▁that ▁God f lesh ▁would ▁not ▁commit ▁to ▁recording ▁any ▁new ▁material , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁the ▁chance ▁of ▁another ▁studio ▁album ▁was ▁unlikely . ▁However , ▁Bro adr ick ▁later ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁entire ▁point ▁of ▁the ▁re formation ▁was ▁" fund ament ally ▁about ▁wanting ▁to ▁make ▁new ▁music ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁band ▁started ▁recording ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁in ▁Bro adr ick ' s ▁home ▁studio ▁in ▁Wales . ▁On ▁