Several tracks would be re-released on the band's major label debut, February Son, including the hit single "Why I'm Here."

After releasing an eponymous EP 1996, Oleander developed a full-length album, Shrinking the Blob, the following year.

Oleander gave the album to a friend who worked at 98-Rock KRXQ and had it passed on to program director Curtiss Johnson.

The former gradually became a regional hit, and after opening for Sugar Ray, Oleander was approached by a representative of Republic Records.

[2][3] (All songs written by Thomas Flowers, Doug Eldridge, Ric Ivanisevich and Fred Nelson Jr.)