the following year, stza wrote and rehearsed seven new songs with leftöver crack drummer ara babajian and ensign guitarist frank piegaro. three of these songs were chosen for inclusion on "deadline", leftöver crack's split album with citizen fish, while the remaining four became the basis for the first star fucking hipsters record. the band continued with an entirely new group of musicians, consisting of stza, babajian, piegaro, vocalist nico de gaillo (from casa de chihuahua) and bassist yula beeri (from the world inferno friendship society and nanuchka). their debut album "until we're dead" was released by fat wreck chords on september 30, 2008.