in 2007, the band released the ep "no air," which had been recorded in two days in november 2005. it was tracked and mixed at the magpie cage with j. robbins. it included sylvia on guitar, wolferman on keyboards and vocals, eric morse on electronic noises, and zach barocas, the former drummer of jawbox, on drums. it was the first of the band's releases to have a sound more akin to rock music.