The band announced that they would be taking a two-year hiatus in June 2009, but in November, guitarist
Chad Taylor revealed that lead singer
Ed Kowalczyk had left the band. Kowalczyk (who has since rejoined Live) released a solo album
Alive in June 2010, while the remaining three members of Live formed a new band,
The Gracious Few, with singer
Kevin Martin and guitarist
Sean Hennesy, both of
Candlebox. Their
self-titled album was released in September 2010. On March 12, 2012 Chris Shinn, former lead singer of the band
Unified Theory, was revealed to have joined Live when he played with them at a show at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in
York. Live's first major tour with Shinn was as part of the
Summerland Tour 2013, playing 35 shows across the US. The first single from
The Turn, "The Way Around Is Through" was released on September 16, 2014. Live have also released full versions of the tracks "Siren's Call", "We Open the Door", "Natural Born Killers" and "Don't Run to Wait" via YouTube, each with an introduction by Chad Taylor. The music on
The Turn is jointly credited to all four members of Live, however none of the three remaining original band members receives a lyric writing credit. Shinn is credited as lyricist on all songs, with producer Jerry Harrison receiving a co-writing credit on seven tracks, his daughter Aishlin on three and songwriter Bruce Wallace on five. ==Track listing==