Following the tragic death of their drummer John Pike in June 2007, some had wondered whether this supremely talented musical collective would continue… Yet continue they did, & after that incredibly difficult summer the remaining band members pulled themselves back together & began work in the studio with producer Ryan Hadlock (Gossip, Blonde Redhead, Islands), a process that was simultaneously a memorial to Pike, a grieving process, & also a re-engagement with the enjoyment of making mus