After several line-up changes that included the departure of two founding members, frontman Joe Hedges dropped the July For Kings name in April 2006, choosing to release the next album, Curvature, using his own moniker.
During the recording of Gods, T Miller and Jason Morgan began appearing with Vice at weekly Caffiena's performances, eventually becoming permanent members.
Sold out shows quickly attracted attention from major labels; the band quit their day jobs and moved into a house in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky to focus solely on music.
[7] In 2001, the band signed on with Media Five Entertainment, a management company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which was responsible for building the careers of Live and Fuel.
[9] After nearly a year of studios and producers, July For Kings released their national debut album SWIM (in honor of their former band name) on November 5, 2002.
[10] Music industry woes eventually caused July For Kings to lose two founding members drummer Sam Dobrozsi and bassist Jason Morgan.
In 2004 after picking up new drummer Dan McQuinn and bassist Drew Phillips (from Pay the Girl) July For Kings began recording their second album, Nostalgia.
Over the next couple years July For Kings played shows in the eastern U.S. promoting Nostalgia and using the internet to expand their fan base.
Hedges began writing, and in the winter of 2006 he and Blumpy moved into a cabin in the woods on Elk Lake in Michigan and started recording.
Curvature was released April 17th 2007 and features two other former July for Kings members Dan McQuinn on drums, T Miller on cello and guitar and new bassist Brian Ives.
Monochrome is a shift away from post-grunge alternative into a more modern pop/rock sound, using occasional piano and synthesizers to create lusher, more dynamic sonic atmospheres.
Cincinnati's Citybeat Magazine described it as combining elements of July For Kings signature sound with some sonic ideas from Hedges solo album to create a record that is "more daring than JFK’s previous work.