Editing Supergrass (section)

===Development (2005–2008)===
Recording of their fifth studio album, ''[[Road to Rouen]]'', began in France in a studio built by the band in Normandy.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |first=Jennifer |last=Vineyard |title=New Supergrass LP: Born in a Barn, Figuratively |publisher=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507372/20050810/supergrass.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124004102/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507372/20050810/supergrass.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2008 |date=10 August 2005 |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref> Working with French engineer Pierre-Olivier Marger, the sessions represented a significant change in direction and were perceived as a more mature body of work.

"[[St. Petersburg (song)|St. Petersburg]]", the string-laden first single, was released on 8 August 2005. The album followed a week later (released 27 September in North America) and reached No.&nbsp;9 on the UK chart, going on to achieve silver status in the UK. Opinion at the time was divided, but the album garnered the band many new fans and a measure of creative respect, some even embracing it as "the sound of a band at last hitting their stride".<ref name="NME">{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Fitzpatrick |title=Supergrass : Road To Rouen |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/7744 |work=[[NME]] |date=24 August 2005 |access-date=25 April 2011}}</ref>

Second single, "Low C", featured a video by acclaimed "[[Pumping On Your Stereo]]" video director [[Hammer & Tongs|Garth Jennings]], shot in [[Weeki Wachee Springs]] Florida. Third single "[[Fin]]", interpreted as a missive to the Coombes brothers' recently deceased mother, received much critical praise, ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Sweeting |title=CD: Supergrass, Road to Rouen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/12/popandrock.shopping5 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 August 2005 |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref> referring to it as "so gorgeously light and airy that listening to it is like sleepwalking in space".

The band toured the songs in both acoustic and electric formats with percussionist Satin Singh joining the live band throughout. From August 2005 to September 2006 they performed in Japan, South America, the United States, and Europe, finishing with a memorable gig at the [[Beijing Pop Festival]].

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The follow-up album, ''[[Diamond Hoo Ha]]'' was recorded at [[Hansa Tonstudio]], Berlin, with producer
[[Nick Launay]], and mixed at Seedy Underbelly Studios in Los Angeles. The band toured in the summer of 2007, headlining [[Guilfest]], among others, and debuting new material, with the youngest sibling of the Coombes brothers, ex-[[22-20s]] keyboardist [[Charly Coombes|Charly]], on second guitar, percussion and backing vocals.

On 27 September 2007, bassist [[Mick Quinn]] sustained a broken [[Calcaneus|heel bone]] and two spinal fractures in a sleepwalking accident whilst on holiday in France (Quinn sleepwalked out of a first floor window of the villa he was staying at in the South of France.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/supergrass-37-1349345|title=Supergrass star seriously injured in bizarre accident|newspaper=[[NME]]|date=1 August 2007|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>). 
During his recuperation, Gaz and Danny promoted first single "[[Diamond Hoo Ha Man]]" as the [[Diamond Hoo Ha Men]], with a run of small club shows in December and January. To celebrate the single release, Mick Quinn appeared as Diamond Hoo Ha Man "Biff Hymenn" at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London, marking his return to touring duties on 15 January. [[Charly Coombes|Charly]] directed ''[[Glange Fever]]'' (under pseudonym "Chas Harrison") a [[rockumentary]] which followed their exploits.

For a handful of "full band" Supergrass dates on the Diamond Hoo Ha tour (as opposed to Gaz & Danny as the [[Diamond Hoo Ha Men]] duo), [[Charly Coombes]] filled in for Mick Quinn on bass while he recovered from his injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/News/latest-news/hoo-ha-man-supergrass-plot-their-return-2274|title=Hoo Ha Man! Supergrass plot their return|newspaper=Line Of Best Fit|date=28 November 2007|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
When Mick recovered & returned to the band, Charly remained with them on second guitar & percussion (as per his work on the record) for the rest of the tour.

In February 2008, the video of their second single "[[Bad Blood (Supergrass song)|Bad Blood]]" was released on the band's official web-site, winning Best Rock Video at the [[UK Music Video Awards]], and the single followed on 17 March.

In 2008, [[Parlophone]] was taken over by venture capitalist group, [[Terra Firma Capital Partners|Terra Firma]], and Supergrass ended their contract with the label. "[[Rebel In You]]", final single from the ''[[Diamond Hoo Ha]]'' album, was released, under licence from Parlophone, on the band's own imprint, Supergrass Records.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24440906-5006024,00.html|title=Supergrass on new album Diamond Hoo Ha, and freedom from EMI|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|last=Johnson|first=Neala|date=3 October 2008|access-date=11 October 2008}}</ref>