broken up. The band explained the following week that they had decided to focus on other projects, and had been considering parting ways for several months. Related acts and reunions The first side project originating from the Promise Ring began in 1999, when Bohlen and Didier formed the acoustic side project Vermont, which featured Chris Rosenau of Pele. Seidel and Weber formed Decibully in 2001, with Gnewikow joining them briefly as their drummer. In 2003, Bohlen and Didier formed In English with Eric Axelson, formerly of the Dismemberment Plan; the group would later become known as Maritime. They released their debut studio album, Glass Floor in 2004 through DeSoto Records after it had been passed on by Anti-, and have since released four more studio albums. The Promise Ring has reunited for several reunion shows and tours. These began with a one-off show at the Flower 15 Festival in late November 2005 at Metro Chicago. Following a tweet in November 2011, the band played two reunion shows in February 2012. To coincide with the reunion, the Promise Ring announced they would be releasing a rarities collection in the summer of 2012 on former (and reunited) manager Jeff Castelaz's record label, Dangerbird Records; this collection never surfaced. Between May and September 2012, the band played a variety of US shows and festivals, including The Bamboozle, Riot Fest, and Fun Fun Fun Fest. Around the time of the latter performance, Didier said they had "no interest at all to write new music" and that they had "no plan whatsoever" to play together again. On New Year's Eve 2015, the band played Nothing Feels Good in its entirety at a one-off show at Metro Chicago; when asked about more material, Didier said: "Maybe more shows, but definitely not new music". They then appeared at the 2016 Wrecking Ball festival. Musical style The Promise Ring's style has been described at various points throughout their career as emo (particularly "second wave" emo), indie rock, pop-punk, power pop, and indie pop. The group began as a continuation of the founding members' previous bands: emo bands None Left Standing, Ceilishrine, and Cap'n Jazz, all of whom played a particular kind of emo localized in the Midwestern United States. Over the duration of their original run, the Promise Ring would progressively distance themselves from the genre, moving towards pop between Nothing Feels Good and Very Emergency and starting