Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder is the third release by American metalcore band Poison the Well, following their split 12" vinyl with Promise No Tomorrow (released under the name An Acre Lost in early 1998) and a demo tape sold during the band's summer 1998 tour. The demo tape featured a selection of songs from this recording session, which is in turn a re-recording of the songs previously released on their split with Promise No Tomorrow. It was first released via Good Life Recordings in September 1998. The EP was reissued, with the shortened title Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (dropping the word "only" from the title), through Undecided Records on April 24, 2001. The reissue contains the original five studio recordings and two bonus live songs featuring Poison the Well's summer 2000 line-up. The two live tracks were recorded at a radio broadcast on the morning of June 26, 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts. Studio recordings of the two bonus tracks can be found on The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation. In promotion of the EP, Poison the Well toured the United States twice between June 1998 and January 1999, both times accompanied by Twelve Tribes. Poison the Well also performed at the Connecticut Hardcore Festival in Bristol, Connecticut and at Eulogyfest in Davie, Florida. Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder was recorded in May 1998 with lead vocalists Aryeh Lehrere and Duane Hosein, lead guitarist Ryan Primack, rhythm guitarist Russel Saunders, bassist Andrew Abramowitz and drummer Christopher Hornbrook. Saunders and Abramowitz subsequently quit the band following Poison the Well's summer 1998 tour and their credits were stricken from the booklet in retaliation. Instead, bassist Jeronimo Gomez and rhythm guitarist Derek Miller were credited. Shortly after the release, Hosein was replaced by vocalist Alan Landsman, who ultimately switched to playing bass after Gomez departed. Jeffrey Moreira came in at the end of 1998 in time for the band's second tour. Recording An Acre Lost entered Studio 13 in Deerfield Park, Florida in early 1998 to record material with producer Jeremy Staska for their first release. The band was then composed of lead vocalists Aryeh Lehrer and Duane Hosein, lead guitarist Ryan Primack, rhythm guitarist Russel Saunders, bassist Andrew Abramowitz and drummer Dennis Pase. The five songs recorded in early 1998 included "Left With Nothing", "Lost in Silence", "Torn", "Obstacle" and "Jesus Drove a Cadillac",