In summer 2009, STandART played three gigs together with Swedish band “Lip Service”, participated in Body Machine Body festival in Tallinn (headlined by “Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio” and “Militant Cheerleaders on the Move”) and the Valka rock festival in Latvia. Meanwhile, an active recording process was carried out in studio.  The new songs featured guests musicians, for example, Signe Putniņa from “Ēnu Kaleidoskops” on violin, Modris Matisāns on acoustic guitar and harmonica. Bassoon parts were recorded by Alise Timermane in Gothenburg, Sweden. Two songs were made together with Hien, himself getting involved from Lodz, Poland.

On October 19, 2009 the first double single “I’m the Voices” / “Autumn News ” was released and shortly after, on November 6, the self-released 2nd album “Autumn News” followed. The critics received the new STandART sound with recognition. STandART spent the rest of the year 2009 presenting their new songs to the Latvian and Estonian audiences.

On February 14, 2010, STandART released the 2nd single from the album “Autumn News” – “Animals of Our Kind” – recorded also in Latvian and Swedish languages. The release of the single was followed by a concert tour across Finland, Sweden and Latvia. “Animals of Our Kind”, just like the previous single “Autumn News”, reached position no.1 at Radio NABA chart again.

In September 2010, a brand new single “Bez Miega Zirgi”, produced in collaboration with “Gas of Latvia” and Sandris Savickis (“Starring Two”) , was released. Its lyrics are based on a poem by Latvian poet Rainis, and the song was recorded for the compilation “Strāvoklis” with various Latvian artists performing poems by Rainis. In October 2010, STandART  performed together with the singer-songwriter Goran Gora at the festvial “Bildes 2010″ and released their 3rd single from the “Autumn News” album – “Pioneers”.  The release of the single was followed by a tour in Latvia and Estonia, including a support concert for the legendary German band “De/Vision”.

In January 2011, STandART released as a single a new version of “Autumn News”, recorded together with Goran Gora.