In de herfst van 2008 speelden ze voor het eerst een nummer van "With Roots Above and Branches Below" op de tour samen met Underoath, The Famine, Saosin, P.O.S. ###>Keyboardist, James Baney, also announced that their new album would be more mechanical but still containing their same distinct style whereas drummer, Daniel Williams, claimed that the new album would be "crazier and wilder" than their previous albums.