He followed this up with Japan (his second acoustic EP) and DanceBeats to Hurt Girls on Christmas Day 2012, the first release to feature drummer Evan Graham.

[6][7] Following a hard drive crash and the loss of the majority of the songs for the planned When The Lightning Hit EP, the band announced on Facebook they had broken up.

However, vocalist Nick would post two demos over the summer to the band's Bandcamp, and in fall of that same year, the Happy Birthday Dad EP was released, containing a mix of old and new songs.

[9] In late 2016, the band reformed after a successful fan-led crowdfunding effort to support the production of another EP, with the working title DanceBeats For Hurt Girls.

[13] It was announced on April 1, 2018, that they cancelled their upcoming shows on their tour with Moose Blood, and yet again, the band fell silent on social media.

[14] On June 25, 2018, Hartkop announced via the official McCafferty Twitter that he would be releasing a compilation record titled "The Sum of All Fears" that would include nearly all the tracks from the band's discography pre-Beachboy.

In the weeks following, drummer Wes Easterly announced in a now deleted Instagram post that he was leaving the band, citing difficulties with working alongside Nick.

On January 30, 2020, guitarist Evan Graham took to Instagram to detail a number of allegations against Nick, including emotionally abusive behavior, violent threats, and racist jokes.

In July 2020, Easterly, Graham, and Joecken filed a lawsuit against Hartkop over unpaid royalties, totaling over $100,000 in streaming revenue from Spotify alone.

[20] Since early 2021, Nick has steadily released singles, and occasionally posts life updates to his blog, detailing his struggles with the various mental illnesses he has been diagnosed with.

"Liam's neighbourhood" was scheduled to open in the slot played by "My Cartoon Heart" but had to cancel due to an unexpected circumstance unrelated to McCafferty.