Shortly after the recording of their debut album, Michael Ziemann left the band and was replaced by Hugh Masterson.

Their debut album Golden Daze, released on Universal Republic in 2007, was written in Matthew Reetz's hunting cabin in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.

Masterson spent time traveling between New York, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, and Wisconsin.

On January 26, 2012, an official Facebook post from the band read, "We're writing, don't you worry!

The song "421 (Everybody Loves You)" was played on national television when Brett Favre threw his record-breaking 421st touchdown pass on October 1, 2007.