 In 2003, Antigone Rising signed a major label record deal with Jason Flom at Lava Records/Atlantic Records and on May 11, 2005 their major label debut "From the Ground Up" was released in conjunction with Starbucks Hear Music label.The first single, "Don't Look Back," was co-written with Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty.Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks introduced the ladies as a "band our entire company is very proud to call one of our own," before a performance at a Starbucks plant in York, PA in 2010 and has continued to play Antigone Rising's music in Starbucks locations around the country.