the UK and a European arena tour with good friends Incubus. Despite successful tours and reaching Silver status with sales of more than 65,000 copies within 4 months of its release, the touring was cut short when they were dropped by Sony BMG in June 2004. Colin Doran has said "Our relationship soured with Sony when the MD left the company as he was the reason that we signed in the first place. We felt that decisions made after that event were impacting the band in a negative way, the support and drive was no longer there, so we were happy to leave the label and were banking on it." The band would make a Main stage appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival in August with a back drop that read 'For Sale' Kill Your Own and Townsend's departure (2005–2006) Hundred Reasons signed to V2 Records in September 2005, having spent the best part of the year writing under a train arch in south London, the band entered Kore studios in London to record their third album. Kill Your Own - produced by guitarist Larry Hibbitt - was released on 20 March 2006. It was very well received by fans and critics alike. The band headed out on headline tours throughout Europe and Japan, they also toured with Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory and made many festival appearances around Europe. They finished up the album campaign with a U.K. tour, culminating with a sold-out show at the London Koko On 9 August 2006, it was announced on the band's official website that guitarist and vocalist Paul Townsend would be leaving the band following their tour of Japan in early September. Townsend's departure was said to be 'totally amicable', and Ben Doyle of The Lucky Nine joined the band as his replacement. Quick the Word, Sharp the Action (2007–2009) The band's fourth album Quick the Word, Sharp the Action, was recorded in February 2007 and released on 15 October 2007. The band again embarked on tours of Europe and Japan. However, less than a month after the album's release, V2 Records was purchased by Universal Records - leaving the band without a record label, the band describing the situation as: "depressingly similar to when Shatterproof was released in 2004. Lightning has struck, hard. Twice.. " Larry Hibbitt joked in interview that "if you count publishing, we have now had