after hearing "A Praise Chorus". Jimmy Eat World considered Wood's help, but it was not until a year later when they returned to contact him. By then, the industry hype behind the forthcoming album caused a bidding war between labels. The band met with various staff members from six labels in Los Angeles and New York City in March2001, before signing to DreamWorks in the following month. Lind said the label had a solid working relationship with their artists, "[t]hey understand what a career is, like how fragile it is." Capitol Records had unsuccessfully tried to re-sign the band after hearing the finished album; the band said they would have a meeting if the label would give them their master recordings back. Soon afterwards, the band enlisted a new booking agent and co-managers Gary Gersh and John Silva; they knew Gersh from when he was CEO at Capitol a few years prior. Despite these new representatives, Lind continued acting as the band's de facto manager, a role he had been doing for two years by that point. Bleed American was made available for streaming on July 19, 2001, before being released five days later. The album artwork, showing a set of bowling trophies sitting on top of a cigarette machine, is taken from William Eggleston's photograph "Memphis". Adkins was a fan of Eggleston, going as far as to dub him the "father of color photography". Out of concern that its title could be misinterpreted following the September 11 attacks, the album was re-released with an eponymous title in December2001, despite the band initially saying that they would not change its name. The decision was ultimately the band's, which was supported by their label; instead of recalling existing copies, they simply had the name amended with subsequent pressings of the album. In addition, the title-track was renamed "Salt Sweat Sugar" and reissued on December 11, 2001. Singles and EPs "Bleed American" was released to radio on June 5, 2001, and released as a physical single on August 21, 2001. The US 7" vinyl version included a demo of "Your House", while the German CD edition featured, demos of "Your House" and "The Authority Song", alongside "(Splash) Turn Twist" and the music video for "Bleed American" (directed by Ross Richardson). "The Middle" was released as a single on November 19, 2001. The UK 7" vinyl included a radio session version of "A