page_title: Graffiti on the Train
section_title: Release and promotion
hierarchical_section_title: Graffiti on the Train / Release and promotion
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kelly Jones, Sänger und Gitarrist der walisischen Band Stereophonics beim Nova Rock-Festival 2013 bei Nickelsdorf (Österreich).English: Kelly Jones, singer and guitarist of Welsh band Stereophonics at Nova Rock-Festival 2013.
context_page_description: Graffiti on the Train is the eighth studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Produced by the group's lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe, it was released on 4 March 2013 on their own Stylus Records. It was the first Stereophonics album since Keep Calm and Carry On, marking the first time they had not released a record within two years. It was intended for an October 2012 release date and took nearly two years to complete. This is the last record to feature drummer Javier Weyler, who was officially replaced by Jamie Morrison on 24 September 2012.
  The album's earliest idea spawned when children were running across the singer's rooftop in order to access the trains and spray paint graffiti on one of them. With 40 unfinished song ideas, the band composed 30 of these to be released as an album trilogy but decided against the idea, instead releasing a follow up on 11 September 2015. Also planned that year is the go-ahead on production for a screenplay of the same name Jones is developing.
context_section_description: The decision to release Graffiti on the Train on the band's own label, Stylus Records, was due to their disliking of a record company's lack of commitment to the album, which led to them creating it. The album was slatted for a release date sometime in October. Stereophonics started promoting the album through the music video for the song "Violins and Tambourines", directed by Jones who went on to direct the videos for all the singles. At this point a working name for Graffiti on the Train was Violins and Tambourines. With the 30 songs Stereophonics had completed, they intended to release a trilogy of albums but later dismissed the idea after Green Day released their "¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!" trilogy. In December 2012, the band played 5 shows in the UK to promote the album further, "Indian Summer" and "In a Moment" were played in the first half of the setlist while "Violins and Tambourines" was played as part of the encore. On the last day of February 2013 the album was made available for an exclusive stream on The Daily Telegraph's website.
caption: Lead singer and album composer Kelly Jones directed all the music videos for the singles and "Violins and Tambourines".
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