The band initially received major record label attention after providing the Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan a copy of their self-released first album, Capture, in March 2001.

[3] The band recorded in music producer Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio,[3] and according to the studio's recommendation, worked with Susan Voelz on the album's orchestral arrangements, as the band generally knew the sounds they wanted to make, but did not necessarily have the means to convey it on paper.

[5] Corgan also helped to put them in contact with a number of people in the music industry who he had previously worked with, including the producer Bjorn Thorsrud, with whom Corgan had recently collaborated on his Adore and Machina/The Machines of God albums with the Smashing Pumpkins,[6] and with the mixer Alan Moulder, who had also worked on the Machina sessions.

The song was featured prominently on Fuse TV's "Oven Fresh" countdown, appearing at the top of the chart.

Instead, it's a life-size star map flecked with glimmering jewels of melody and the wondering promise of youth.

[10] The split was amicable, with Ryan O'Neal saying that working with the label had overall been a positive experience, but the band was so hands-on with the process that they felt they could do just as well independently.