The band's major label debut, Melinda (Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt) was released in April 1996,[4] and reached number 3 on the CMJ Top 75 Alternative Airplay chart.
[4] Upon release, Melinda received positive reviews from critics, many who complimented the album's lyrics and musicianship.
[3] After the album's promotional cycle ended, Lifter went back to the studio with a new drummer, Angie Scarpa and producer Bob Marlette.
I hated it because it had broken my heart.”[10] In 2004, the band set up a website on the URL facecrime.com, which caused some confusion as the link was previously used by an At the Drive-In fan message board of the same name.
[12] In 2006, Jeffrey Sebelia and Mike Coulter collaborated once again to record a song for Olympus Fashion Week, "Swing".
[16] Jeffrey Sebelia became a fashion designer, and went on to win the third season of Bravo series Project Runaway in 2006, despite his unpopularity with audiences for being hostile and allegations of cheating by one of the contestants, Laura Bennett.