in june, 2004 daughters released its first live album, "live at cbgb", through city of hell. the album contained a new song, "boner x-ray". in july 2004 "boner x-ray" was later released for free as a download from daughters' website, a studio version of the song would also appear on daughters' upcoming album, "hell songs" under the title "x-ray". in mid-2005 daughters signed to hydra head records. while touring throughout 2004 and 2005 daughters played many early versions of the songs that would appear on "hell songs", such as, "fiesty snakewomen", "boner x-ray", "fiery wolves", "crotch buffetttt" and "fuck whisperer". daughters entered the studio in march, 2006 to begin recording their next album at mad oak recording studios. in may, 2006 the band released details about the album such as its title, producer, recording studio and the track list. on august 8, 2006 daughters released their second album "hell songs", through hydra head.