The quartet was ultimately completed after Portland transplant Allen Davis answered a Craigslist posting and joined up on guitar and keyboards.
Every Move a Picture had opened shows for the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs, Louis XIV and U2 Also generating notable buzz at 2005's SXSW—all from those first three songs—the band next released the five-song EP Blink and You'll Miss It.
This led to their first live radio session at KCRW, and the licensing of various tracks to video games ("Signs of Life" appeared on Juiced and Need For Speed: Carbon) and television shows like One Tree Hill.
The London-based label Something in Construction then issued a 7" containing the songs "Signs of Life" and "Chemical Burns," which promptly sold out the week of release.
Every Move a Picture finally released their debut album, Heart = weapon, on V2 in July 2006, and supported it the same year on the road with Electric Six.