Yoshimura assumed bass duties, his brother Scott took over the drumkit, and former To My Surprise frontman Brandon Darner joined on lead guitar.
The album garnered them increased attention and an extended stay on the CMJ Top 200 chart, as well as an opening slot for The Killers on their fall US tour.
In March 2007, the Story Problem EP was released on iTunes and double 7" in the UK, culling four tracks from Love Letters and serving as a teaser for the upcoming album.
Dwell was originally slated for release for September of 2007, but the onstage stroke of guitarist Darner at a London club show in August delayed the album.
Eager to prove themselves creatively, in February and March 2009, the band recorded material for a new EP entitled Kid Gloves which was released June 9th, 2009 and included the single "Screen Test".
Sessions with Omaha engineer A. J. Mogis at ARC Studios resulted in a full-length entitled It Culls You, which featured new songs such as "Make It Stop", "Ms. Hospital Corners", "Fools (How I Survived You & Even Laughed)" and "Cmd + Q".
The digital release was without much fanfare: in an interview, guitarist Brandon Darner said that he was acutely conscious of "PR schemes" that generate "artificial excitement," and he wanted fans to discover the record on their own time and "let it sink in for a while.