As music began to overpower all other interests in his life, close friend Mark Rogoyski introduced Edison to his brother Adam.

With many common interests between them, Adam and Edison began collaborating on new music while playing shows around town and at the university as a duo.

[2][3] Under the name Trystan Layne, they began work with tracking engineer Joshua Applebee and producer Dan Workman (Destiny's Child, Southern Backtones, Culturcide).

[5][6] Midway through the process, tracking engineer Joshua Applebee[2] (bass), along with his former Just Alleviate the Symptoms bandmate Tyson Sheth (drums), formally joined Adam and Edison to make up the current Trystan Layne.

With the band complete, producer Dan Workman turned to SugarHill Studios engineer Steve Christensen to mix the project.