"That's a pretty good chorus, now let's beat it." Those were the marching orders we gave ourselves making this record. We needed change, so we went and found it. We wanted greatness, so we built a great team. Dave Sardy (Oasis, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Wolfmother) came in as producer and kicked our asses. The making of this album saw joy, stress, breakdowns, love, tears, and breaking of new creative ground; we reconnected with the excitement of refining and evolving the voice of our music. We reinvented what it meant for us to be a band. We relished having the opportunity to record again. We weren't going to blow it. Making this record was all the thrill of a lifetime. You can't stay the same and expect new things. Where is the fun in that? We came to the table for our third record with strong demos on songs that would have easily passed for our first two records, and asked: ��Can we beat it?�� And for the first time, we allowed talented people to come into our small circle to push the music higher. To push us higher. To take a risk. To hurt enough, work enough, and care enough to make the songs as good as we possibly could. Sardy said at the very beginning "to make a great record you need to be around people who lose sleep over it". He did. We did. Egos were torn down and meaning was found. He pushed us. Our management pushed us. Our label pushed us. We pushed ourselves. All to try and do what we love, to hit the bullseye, to make a record we stand behind with our hearts and souls, and know we could not have worked harder. We did that. We are doing it now. It��s rock & roll and life's too short to waste time. We found new ground and a bigger sound. We made a record we love. We are proud. So we say if you're gonna dream, dream big. If you're gonna work, work hard. If you're gonna fly, fly high. If you're gonna play, play loud.

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