Gaining attention from local, independent, and few national venues, Abandon Kansas continued releasing records.

[4] It contained no tracks that would be repeated on their proceeding full-length release, Ad Astra per Aspera.

The song, "Months and Years," listed as track 5, was placed in regular rotation by RadioU, a national radio vehicle broadcasting from Ohio and California as well as from repeaters across the United States.

Ad Astra per Aspera was released on March 8, 2011 and contained two songs from their 2011 EP.

[9] In 2014, Abandon Kansas signed to Emery's independent record label and is going to release the third full-length album alligator on May 11, 2015.

[10] In June 2015, a post on the Abandon Kansas Facebook page stated the following which has put the band in an indefinite hiatus: "Due to personal and relational circumstances in my life, I have decided it would be best for me and my family to cancel the rest of AK's tour dates in 2015.