Following its inception into the independent rock scene in 2008, the band embarked on their first U.S. tour in the summer of 2009 with A Love Like Pi and Asteria, and later opened for artists such as Taking Back Sunday,[1] Mew,[2] Glassjaw,[3] Jack's Mannequin,[4] The Sleeping,[5] As Tall As Lions,[6] Bayside, Mae, Anberlin, I Am the Avalanche, The Dear Hunter, and many others.
Once the demo was released, it attracted the attention of Neil Rubenstein, a Long Island musician who had performed with the Glassjaw precursor Sons of Abraham and sung on the first two Taking Back Sunday albums.
In May 2009, the band announced that they would perform at the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands in New Jersey with artists such as No Doubt, Taking Back Sunday, The Get Up Kids, and many others.
They were also featured in Spin magazine as "One of 15-Must Hear Bands at Bamboozle Fest" and called them "Jimmy Eat World meets The Decemberists".
[7] In May 2009, after the band played the Bamboozle Festival, they retreated to VuDu Studios in Freeport, New York to record their follow up EP with producer Mike Watts (As Tall As Lions, The Almost, As Cities Burn).
Later in the month, rumors began circulating that the influential post hardcore band, Glassjaw (also from Long Island), would be playing at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey as a part of the Sons Modern Christmas Party.
In January 2010 the band embarked on an east coast tour with John Nolan (of Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday fame) and Ocean is Theory.