The Maine formed in January 2007, consisting of John O'Callaghan on vocals, Kennedy Brock and Jared Monaco on guitar, Garrett Nickelsen on bass and Pat Kirch on drums.

[6] However, by the end of December, the group had cancelled the touring plans and announced that they would record their debut album instead.

[10] Sessions were held at The Lair in Los Angeles, California, with producer and engineer Matt Squire.

"[11] Despite having little experience in writing and recording the first album, guitarist Jared Monaco felt that "naivety and being young was important.

[16] "Girls Do What They Want" was written by O'Callaghan and Monaco, prior to their show in Texas with not "much thought into what kind of a song it was going to be.

[10] Reflecting on the album, Kirch said that variety played important role for the record, "It isn't all just right-down-the-middle pop punk.

[17] Also in May, the group went on a US tour alongside Metro Station, Forever the Sickest Kids, The Cab and Danger Radio.

[24] In July and August, the group supported Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls on their Soundtrack of Your Summer tour across the US.

[26] In October and November, the group went on The Compromising of Integrity, Morality & Principles in Exchange for Money tour, supporting All Time Low.

[30] The video, which was filmed during the group's tours with All Time Low and We the Kings, features the band in their van, playing shows, and hanging out with fans.

Director Dan Fussellman said he wanted to "tell a story out of their travel experiences from head-banging thirteen hour van rides, to pre-show chants.

"[31] From late March to early May, the band co-headlined the Alternative Press Tour with 3OH!3, with support from Family Force 5, Hit the Lights and A Rocket to the Moon.

"[16] However, Bryan Kremkau of Read Junk gave the album a negative review criticizing it for being "too generic and radio friendly.

"[44] John Moore of New Noise Magazine remarked, "Lyrically, the music is pretty predictable, with the band writing mainly about girls and hanging out, but not too surprising as the members were just out of high school when they wrote and recorded the dozen songs that make up the album.