Throughout 2003 and 2004, Lo-Pro toured with groups like Staind and Three Days Grace in promotion of the album before being dropped from their record label.

Godfrey summed it up as: During the Spank progression Pete M. had always been doing his best to record stuff, keeping up on technology updates.

Eventually, they were able to gain the attention of Aaron Lewis, lead singer of the band Staind, and was signed to his vanity label, "413 Records", through Geffen.

Through this, they configured the rest of the band, and began work on the actual album, with producing being done by Aaron Lewis and Don Gilmore.

[7] Murray later would express a number of regrets on the album, ranging from it being "over-produced" [8] to not releasing "Oblivion" as a single.