[1] The group was formed in September 2001 by the singer/guitarist Micah Schnabel (born in Bucyrus, Ohio), who began playing with the drummer Dustin Harigle in and around Columbus.
[2] Their second album, The Wall Against Our Back, came out in 2004 to considerable critical acclaim, and the group's tour was recorded by John Boston and released as a documentary, The Long Way Around: One Badass Year With Two Cow Garage.
Harigle left the band on tour in 2007; drummer Cody Smith and keyboard player Andy Schell joined for Speaking In Cursive, which was released on the Colorado-based Suburban Home Records label.
[6] In June 2016, it was announced that the band would release their seventh album, titled Brand New Flag, via Last Chance Records in August 2016.
[7] On July 22, the band announced via their Facebook page that the original August 19 release date was pushed back to October 14.