On April 2, 2013, Spock's Beard released Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep, their first studio album in this lineup. The recording and mastering of the album was funded using the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo and featured songwriting contributions from Neal Morse. On April 22, 2015, the band announced that their twelfth album would be titled The Oblivion Particle and released later that year. It came out on August 21, 2015. Later that year, the band issued The First Twenty Years, a compilation album spanning their entire career. It included a new song written by Neal Morse, "Falling for Forever", which featured every past and current member of the band except John Ballard, due to his aforementioned departure in 1993 and death in 1999.
on april 2 2013 spock's beard released brief nocturnes and dreamless sleep their first studio album in this lineup the recording and mastering of the album was funded using the crowdsourcing site indiegogo and featured songwriting contributions from neal morse on april 22 2015 the band announced that their twelfth album would be titled the oblivion particle and released later that year it came out on august 21 2015 later that year the band issued the first twenty years a compilation album spanning their entire career it included a new song written by neal morse "falling for forever" which featured every past and current member of the band except john ballard due to his aforementioned departure in 1993 and death in 1999