Complex sentence: The collection of "repolished outtakes" was first brought to light back in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column; however, no other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.
Split into simpler sentences: The collection of "repolished outtakes" was first brought to light back in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column. No other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.