third time's a charm was self-released by the band in december 2005. it was sold at shows and through their website. soon after the album was released, they decided to add a keyboard player to the band to give it a more dynamic sound. after only 1 audition, 5th member joseph john was added to the line-up. third time's a charm caught the attention of inya face records in tokyo, japan, who signed the band and released it as a self-titled album in 2006. in october 2006, the band toured japan for the first time, headlining @united vol. 2 – tokyo's melodic attack in shibuya at club quattro. the album hit japanese billboard at no. 19 on the top 50 charts, and was later declared the best selling foreign punk/emo record of 2006 in japan. in september 2006, better luck next time was chosen as 1 of 10 local bands out of 2,500 in southern california given the chance to play kroq-fm's inland invasion, in which they placed 2nd. the winner was determined by the number of votes submitted by the station listeners. the song submitted for the contest was "t.g.i. goodbye," in which a music video was also made.