Editing Something for Kate (section)

===2012–2013: Reformation, ''Leave Your Soul to Science'', and second hiatus===
In mid-2012 Something for Kate resumed their recording career, six years after their previous studio effort.<ref name="Clode"/> They worked on ''[[Leave Your Soul to Science]]'' (September 2012) in [[Dallas]] with [[John Congleton]] ([[Okkervil River]], [[Shearwater (band)|Shearwater]], [[the New Pornographers]]) co-producing.<ref name="Clode">{{cite web | url = http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/something-for-kate-were-trashing-the-old-sfk-and-starting-afresh/830106 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160804151746/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/something-for-kate-were-trashing-the-old-sfk-and-starting-afresh/830106 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 August 2016 | title = Something for Kate: 'We're trashing the old SFK and starting afresh' | last = Clode | first = Samantha | work = FasterLouder | publisher = Junkee Media | date = 9 October 2012 | access-date = 26 May 2016 }}</ref> Dempsey said they looked for someone to contain them during the recording process: "We recognised an inclination or proclivity among ourselves to procrastinate and keep layering stuff up. We knew that we needed to fight that instinct and he was very much the guy to help us."<ref name="age">{{cite news | last = Levin | first = Darren | title = Something for the jokers | newspaper = [[The Age]] | date = 28 September 2012 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/something-for-the-jokers-20120927-26npm.html | access-date = 8 October 2012 }}</ref>

The band uploaded two songs from the album to the internet before its release ("Survival Expert" and "The Fireball at the End of Everything") and also played two live shows in Melbourne and Sydney to preview it.<ref name="Henriques">{{Cite web|title=Something for Kate Unveil Another Track from First Album in Six Years|url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/202866/kate-unveil-track-album-years.htm|work=Tone Deaf |access-date=8 October 2012|author= Henriques-Gomes, Luke|date=21 September 2012}}</ref> The album reached No.&nbsp;5,<ref name="AusCharts"/> and provided three singles, "Survival Expert" (August 2012),<ref name="Triple J Survival">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3561192.htm#.V0Y7TGayRpU | title = Hear: Something for Kate's 'Survival Expert' | publisher = Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | date = 7 August 2012 | access-date = 26 May 2016 }}</ref> "Miracle Cure" (December) and "Star-crossed Citizens" (May 2013).

As part of the band's mid-2013 Star-Crossed Cities Tour, Dempsey recorded Shotgun Karaoke video segments prior to each show, in which he performed cover versions of songs by artists, the Lemonheads,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0EW4-7oWT1k Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151206024237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW4-7oWT1k Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Shotgun Karaoke #12 Paul Dempsey Something for Kate|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW4-7oWT1k|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=9 June 2013|author=SFKOFFICIAL|format=Video upload|date=7 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> David Bowie,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2Xigou7ld7I Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003100835/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xigou7ld7I&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Shotgun Karaoke #11 Paul Dempsey Something for Kate|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xigou7ld7I|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=9 June 2013|author=SFKOFFICIAL|format=Video upload|date=1 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> INXS,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Omto-Jy32LY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140412132141/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omto-Jy32LY&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Shotgun Karaoke #8 Paul Dempsey Something for Kate|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omto-Jy32LY|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=9 June 2013|author=SFKOFFICIAL|format=Video upload|date=29 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and Queen.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cuXFNmtVX5M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130523004651/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuXFNmtVX5M&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Shotgun Karaoke #5 Paul Dempsey Something for Kate|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuXFNmtVX5M|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=9 June 2013|author=SFKOFFICIAL|format=Video upload|date=18 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The tour for ended in [[Hobart]] on 29 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Something for Kate Australian Tour, May/June 2013|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/something-for-kate-australian-tour-mayjune-2013/|work=Music Feeds|access-date=9 June 2013|author=Zanotti, Marc |date=29 January 2013}}</ref> By October that year Dempsey had resumed his solo career.