It is the twelfth track on the band's second studio album Say Hello to Sunshine, and was released as a single on May 17, 2005, through Geffen Records.

[3] Vocalist Nate Barcalow said "Bitemarks and Bloodstains" was the first song Finch wrote for Say Hello to Sunshine and it "makes the transition between the old and the new sound.

"[4] Finch released a music video directed by Michael Palmieri for "Bitemarks and Bloodstains" in July 2005.

[5] The video opens with an Emergency Alert System message before showing various people in a single neighborhood frantically trying to pack up their cars and evade a cataclysmic event, which is portrayed as an ominous vortex in the sky.

A traffic jam eventually stops the fleeing people, forcing them to retreat on foot.