[2] After independently releasing three EPs, Roy signed to Fueled by Ramen and released their Matt Bayles-produced debut studio album Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption in 2004.
[3] The group went on a brief hiatus while Cook and Ben Verellen worked on These Arms are Snakes' debut album Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home.
Roy returned in 2006 with a second studio album titled Killed John Train that was released through Lujo Records.
[2] The group has been mostly inactive since its release, with the exception of a show in December 2010 in their hometown of Tacoma.
I think if I would've made the mistake of trying to be in a popular band and trying to write music that I knew people would buy, I just wouldn't be happy with it.