Complex sentence: The August 1,2008 issue of "Entertainment Weekly" reported that in 2004 The Matrix recorded an album with Katy Perry and Adam Longlands as lead singers, and shot music videos, but weeks before the disc was set for release, the project was aborted.
Split into simpler sentences: The August 1,2008 issue of "Entertainment Weekly" reported that in 2004 The Matrix recorded an album with Katy Perry and Adam Longlands as lead singers and shot music videos. However, weeks before the album was set for release, the project was aborted.