Later that year, founding member Tom Dobrzanski left the band to spend time with his newborn child but is still occasionally involved with production.

[4] Five tracks from 'Tic Toc Tic' have been heavily rotated on XM satellite radio station The Verge ("The Great Collapse", "You're Too Cool", "Body Ash", "No Talking", and "Marlaina Kamikaze").

The duo's track "Knot in My Heart" from Ancient Mars was heard in the background on an episode of the TV program "Whitney" on NBC on 2/20/13.

The song the album was named after, Ancient Mars, was written by vocalist and guitarist Zachary Gray while he was a student in the faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia.

While working on material for a new full-length, Gray collaborated with Carly Rae Jepsen, writing the song "LA Hallucinations" from 2015's Emotion.

Later that year, founding member Tom Dobrzanski left the band to spend time with his newborn child but is still occasionally involved with production.

The album was supported by the Come Back To Life Tour, which consisted of 11 shows across Canada and featured special guests Hotel Mira and Dwi.