Rob Lackey was behind the drum kit during the taping of The Rosebuds Live at the Cats Cradle, a charity only recording sold at cytunes.org to help fight for the prevention of cancer, as well as on the track "Second Birds of Paradise" on "Loud Planes Fly Low."

Howard and Crisp met while in college in Wilmington, North Carolina, where they formed the Rosebuds and enlisting original drummer Jonathan Bass.

Merge Records discovered their demo in early 2003 and released The Rosebuds Make Out as a full-length debut album that October.

Their 2011 summer tour lineup included Logan Matheny from Roman Candle on drums and Daniel Hart on violin.

A tour to support "Love Deluxe" took place in September 2013 and featured Brian Weeks on guitar, Matt Douglas on sax, Jonathon Yu on synths, Mark Paulson on bass and Rob Lackey on drums.