[9] In 1997, Laura Marie formed Sofa Kingdom with bassist JP Leal, initially as a duo, but were soon joined by guitarist Reza Kaleel and drummer Jason Barbosa.
In 2001, the band changed their name to Things Between and started working on their second album, Undone, but decided to part ways for undisclosed reasons, so the project remained unreleased.
[10] After Sofa Kingdom disbanded, Laura Marie continued writing and recording with Mack Damon, the producer of Somewhere Else.
On October 29, 2012, after working together in the studio for several months, Laura Marie & Jake Owen successfully launched a campaign, called The Threadbare Project,[11] to raise funds for the making of a new album in 2013.
In March 2015, Laura Marie returned to the studio to record her new album, which can be pre-ordered through her Bandcamp Subscription page.