A few years later, and after sporadically working on some music together, Cisneros enlisted Neurosis frontman Scott Kelly on guitar and vocals to round out the band to a four-piece.

In early 2008, drummer Chris Hakius decided to retire from playing music, and as a result, Dale Crover of Melvins was brought in to replace him.

Over the next year the band sent computer files to one another, refining their material, and rehearsed when possible in various configurations of two or three in Baltimore, San Francisco, Ashland and Los Angeles.

[citation needed] On November 11, 2009, Club My War arranged and hosted the band's first live show in the United States at The Viper Room.

Whilst unable to fly over to Europe to tour during the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption of 2010, the band returned to LA and completed the writing stage of their second record.

One year later the band performed on the main stage at the 16th Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands which they had been set to appear at in 2010 had the volcano eruption not hindered flights.