In September 2009, the band released their first studio album titled What It Takes To Move Forward on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.

A few months later, a Japanese version would be released on Stiff Slack records which included alternate cover art and 2 bonus tracks.

returned to Europe for a tour supporting The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.

[14][15] The first single from You Will Eventually Be Forgotten, entitled "If It's Bad News, It Can Wait", premiered on Stereogum on July 7.

[16] In the summer of 2014, the band joined The Early November and Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers on an all-acoustic US tour.

[21][22] The first chapter of the accompanying graphic novel Ribbon was posted on Wondering Sound and featured illustrations by Ben Sears with story by Keith.

[24][25] Then, in late January 2015, a drunk man driving a pickup truck crashed into Keith and Cathy's house in rural Michigan.

Despite this setback, the band followed through with their planned tour alongside Warren Franklin and The Founding Fathers which started just four days after the crash.

[28][29] Later that year, the band posted two bonus tracks from You Will Eventually Be Forgotten that were included with the Japanese release on Stiff Slack records.

They had support from The Cardboard Swords, The Island of Misfit Toys, Mountains for Clouds, The Reptilian, Joie De Vivre, and Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers.

released a music video for "A Keepsake" off of their final album: a song which features vocals by Bob Nanna of Braid.

He wanted a name that sounded "elaborate and artistic" but admits that if he would have known that the project would form into a full band he would have chosen something easier to remember.

The exclamation points mark how important the dream is, and the parenthesis signify that I feel like I am unimportant and unnoticed.