In 1997, Tim Gerak was added to the core member line-up, playing guitar and also credited with additional engineering on the band's later recordings.

[1][2] Rather than relying primarily on strummed chords, songs are generally built by combining single-note melodic lines.

Former vibraphonist Eric Koltnow left the band after the release of Everywhere and Right Here, as well as former lap steel player Ben Vaughan after the birth of his first child.

A recent interview with another band member claims the name derives from a childhood game between brothers Jay and Allen.

The group has toured the United States several times and performed in March 2006 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.