[1] After practising together and performing locally for about three years,[2] the band released their debut album Static/Crash themselves on their own record label Vampire Dance.
The band portrayed themselves on Ken Finkleman's CBC mini-series At The Hotel in episode 3 of the show, opposite Don McKellar who played their manager.
[4] Following the re-release of the record nationally, The Mark Inside toured with C'mon and Magneta Lane across Canada a number of times, including a performance at Toronto's NXNE festival.
[4] In 2007, the band released a single, "Circling The Drain" b/w "Liar", on the Toronto singles-only label Magnificent Sevens while waiting to get on with their second full-length.
The band traveled to England in 2008 and recorded their second album with producer Jim Abbiss, after parting company with their former label MapleMusic.