After numerous compilation appearances and two demo tapes, Awkward Thought released their first full-length album Mayday, consisting of seventeen songs,[1] on an American label Blackout Records in 2000; the album was released by I Scream Records in Europe.
called the album "particularly outstanding" solid and "appeal[ing]" to hardcore fans of 1980s music.
[1] Awkward Thought did a full coast-to-coast United States tour in summer 2000.
In 2001, Awkward Thought released a CD/EP titled Fear Not on Grapes of Wrath Records.
Grapes of Wrath is a division of Coretex Records, which is based in Berlin, Germany.