Through most of the 1990s and into the new millennium, the Dayton, Ohio-based McMillon was the sole constant member of a long-running act called Rod who toured with the likes of Hey Mercedes, The Stereo, Motion City Soundtrack, and more.
On their second full-length album, The Way of the Dinosaur, The Story Changes deliver an emotionally charged and energetic effort molding modern influences like Jimmy Eat World with past loves Jawbreaker, Seaweed, and Quicksand, among others.
The band find themselves echoing the sounds and songwriting skills of pinnacle 90's artists like Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Shiner, and more, while still maintaining a sense of their own identity.
Even the production on Static & Trembling at times seems to pay tribute to alternative music's purer past, with tones that evoke the quintessential recordings of J. Robbins and Steve Albini.
The 14 track album was produced and engineered by Micah Carli (of Hawthorne Heights) at Popside Studios in Troy, Ohio, mixed and additional production by Jamie Woolford (The Stereo, Punchline, Gin Blossoms), and mastered by Dan Coutant (Hostage Calm, Lemuria, Into It.