after developing an agreeable repertoire, and with the welcomed addition of long-time friend and musical collaborator and guitarist ryan lynch (former cosmos/future dominant legs/girls), magic bullets set out to play scores of shows in the winter of 2004/2005. in october 2005 the sextet had their first recording session of material to be included on their debut at atomic garden in east palo alto, california. in june 2006 magic bullets recorded six additional songs at house of faith in oakland with bart thurber, and a few more songs recorded by lev perrey at the emergency room. perrey mixed the album in the summer of 2006.