A Love Like Pi. Following their summer tour, the band opened for The Dear Hunter and later The Sleeping in September. It was at this time that the band released the five-song "Your Friends and Loved Ones" EP, to critical acclaim. Absolutepunk.net stated that the album was "phenomenal post emo orchestral rock", and users gave it a 92% rating. The newspaper, Newsday called it "Post-emo orchestral tenderness combined with well-crafted storytelling". The last track off of the EP, "The Ocean" was featured on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In October, the band performed at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, and soon after was named by Purevolume.com as "One of the Top 20 Unsigned Artists of 2009". Purevolume then released a live ep entitled "Gabriel the Marine: Live From the Purevolume House". By December 2009 the band won a contest to open for the Danish post rock band Mew during a part of their North American tour. Later in the month, rumors began circulating that the influential post hardcore band, Glassjaw (also from Long Island), would be playing at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey as a part of the Sons Modern Christmas Party. Gabriel opened the show along with Bad Rabbits, Robbers, and Sainthood Reps. In January 2010 the band embarked on an east coast tour with John Nolan (of Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday fame) and Ocean is Theory. Soon after, bassist Robbie Hassett was kicked out of the band. Stars Collecting EP In May 2010 the band played at the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands in New Jersey with headliners Paramore, Weezer, MGMT, and Drake. They performed on the Aquarian Stage with similar artists All the Day Holiday and Moving Mountains. Soon after they completed a north east tour with the Maryland-based band Hotspur. In June 2010, the acclaimed alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday announced that Gabriel would be opening up for them during their June tour at the Metro in Chicago. Soon after this, the band announced that they had been writing an album slated to be released sometime in 2011. They entered the studio in January 2011 with producer Jim Wirt to begin recording. The project was largely funded by fans via a Kickstarter campaign initiated by the band. After several delays, the Stars Collecting EP was finally released on October 30, 2012. Gabriel The Marine also announced the upcoming release of