citing a desire to lead an ordinary life. Recording the self-titled The band came home from tour and wrote the songs "Stab City" and "Where Do I Stand". In July 2005, while writing, Fitzgerald, Sarcona and Tavarez left for a trip to the Dominican Republic. While there Nigro stayed home as he was feeling good about the writing process and was comfortable with the progress. Soon thereafter, As Tall as Lions wrote "Songs for Luna", "Love, Love, Love", "Maybe I'm Just Tired" and "A Break a Pause". In October, just as they were about to enter the studio, the band completed writing "A Soft Hum", "Ghost of York", "Be Here Now", "Kicking Myself", and B-side "Underbelly". The band gathered together producer Steven Haigler and longtime ATAL producer Mike Watts in the Freeport, NY VuDu Studios. They continued recording through the fall, finishing the mixes in January 2006. Incredibly proud of the record, the band showed the songs to their record label, who immediately wrote the songs off as "soft" and maintained that there were "no radio singles." In the third week of January, the band finished mixing and set out on tour. It was around this time that the band decided to ask friend, Rob Parr, to join the band on tour as keyboardist after having met him while touring in support of Lafcadio. Having never played piano, Parr worked hard to familiarize himself with the new instrument and by February of that year, he was touring with the band in support of the not-yet-released self-titled album. As Tall As Lions (album) On August 8, 2006, the band released their self-titled album. In October, they set out on tour in support of it. Between tours, the band began work on a holiday EP, and recorded "It's Only Christmas", covers "Across the Universe" and "O' Holy Night", only to be unreleased but lived on via different websites and released compilations. The band inked a spot on the AP Tour in March of that year and remained on that bill through April. The band began a headlining tour in June and July, playing to packed crowds nightly. On July 17, the Long Island quartet made their television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. They continued on tour in August and September and came home in the winter to work on new material. Into the Flood and You Can't Take It with You Reformulating