The band gained notoriety with their 2010 album Songs About Girls & Outer Space, which charted on the CMJ New Music Report.
Schuberth returned later that year, and the band also replaced Ben Price with guitarist Chris Colla, who at the time was sharing a flat with Corley, Pope, and Regular John frontman Ryan Adamson.
[4] The line-up of Corley, Pope, Schuberth, and Colla would remain intact for almost a year, independently releasing a single, "Silver State" backed with "Angelina (early bird mix)" in late 2004.
Mock Orange drummer Heath Metzger and bassist James Butler were the rhythm section for the band's final show of the tour in Nashville, Tennessee.
Metzger had co-written some of the songs on the album, which was received positively by critics and charted on the CMJ New Music Report.