 After a feature in "Performing Songwriter Magazine", Virt Records signed the band and sent them back into the studio to turn their EP into a full-length album.The result, "Lying Awake", was released in 2006.From 2006-2010, Ellery toured with and opened for luminaries Hem, Vienna Teng, Over the Rhine, Teddy Thompson, Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky, etc.