a number of musical and non-musical endeavours, with Nelson becoming a movie critic for the Seattle bi-weekly newspaper The Stranger and a business partner at Barsuk Records, and later formed a new band with Roderick, The Long Winters, in 2002. He later left The Long Winters so he could start work on a solo album, which led to him reconnecting with guitarist Jeff Lin and bassist Aaron Huffman, prompting the band to reform. Drummer Evan Sult, who had moved to Chicago, Illinois during the hiatus and joined the indie rock band Bound Stems, declined to join the band's reunion, and was subsequently replaced by Michael Welke for the rest of the band's existence until their breakup in 2009. The negative experiences regarding the release and promotion of King James Version influenced the band's choice to release their follow up album, Little by Little... (2005), for free on the band's website, a decision which Nelson said gave the band "that sense of satisfaction or closure that comes from making a record and releasing it to the public. They either embrace it or don't, but at least they'll have the option of noticing it this time." In the absence of commercial success, King James Version slowly attained a cult following through word of mouth, and its critical standing continued to rise years after its release. The album is now considered to be the band's best work, and several publications have called the album one of the most underrated, and greatest, albums of the 2000s. Writing about the album in 2013, Evan Sawdey of PopMatters wrote;"Even though Little By Little garnered considerable acclaim and made the band become known for more than just “Flagpole Sitta”, it’s amazing how many people have glossed over King James Version altogether. When you sit down and think about it, though, it’s not really that surprising: wedged between their “commercial peak” and “artistic rebirth,” this little album got lost due to unfortunate circumstance more than anything else. Yet, as the years have gone on, it’s gradually found one hell of an audience. People have picked up it casually — via recommendations from friends, impulse budget-bin purchases, or otherwise — and, slowly and surely over the years, the album got discovered as what it is: one of the greatest rock albums of the decade."Alex Young of Consequence of Sound lauded King James Version as the "most underappreciated album of