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The band ditched their first sessions for the follow-up to 2007's Myths Of The Near Future before hooking up with Robinson for the upcoming Surfing The Void.
Bassist Jamie Reynolds told The Quietus: "Working with Ross had made us players. He made everybody feel comfortable with their instruments. Stefan on the drums excelled, Simon's guitar playing is through the roof, and James and I are on fire and feeding off each other.
"But we can't mess it up by being muso because we don't know what we're doing. I go, 'Well that sounds good, that sounds good, and now I've got to do that'."
Asked if Robinson helped the band with that, he added: "I think for all of us in different levels. It made Stefan and Simon much better musicians, and gave me the confidence as a songwriter, and James and all-round super-confidence.
"That didn't exist for us before - we were just these bratty kids that were going 'blaaaaaaaaah' like a bunch of idiots."
Surfing The Void is released on August 23.
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