to St. Louis. The label said they would but then admitted the cover had already been printed. The band was "pretty pissed". Between October and December, the band supported Sugarcult on their headlining US tour. On November 21, the band appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly. In January and February 2004, the group supported Linkin Park on their US arena tour. During the tour, the band learned Joe Hahn of Linkin Park had directed their music videos, which they really liked. After talking to their management, the band befriended Hahn, who subsequently directed a music video for "Anthem of Our Dying Day". On February 19, 2004, the band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Around this time, Maverick Records was using BigChampagne. The company had a top 20 downloads section, based on data culled from peer-to-peer networks, which featured "Until the Day I Die". However, the song was receiving less airplay on radio than other artists. Jeremy Welt, head of new media at Maverick Records, convinced radio stations in certain markets to play the band during prime-time listening hours, which helped increase sales. In April and May, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Hazen Street, Letter Kills and Motion City Soundtrack. "Anthem of Our Dying Day" was released to radio on April 13; followed by a music video on April 28. The group performed on the Warped Tour again. When it ended the group took a month's break. In September and October, the band headlined the 2004 edition of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, which also featured Lostprophets, My Chemical Romance, Letter Kills, Anberlin and Autopilot Off. "Sidewalks" was released to radio on October 5. Russell and Phillips co-directed the video for the song, which was based on its sound than its lyrics, produced by production company Villains. Reception Critical response AllMusic reviewer Stephen Cramer singled out Marsala's unwavering vocals as a highlight of the album. Dave Roberts of The AU Review viewed it as a bit over produced, though it had credible teenage emotion. Cramer noted the band's reoccurring "flare for the dramatic" on Page Avenue. He called it a decent, Dashboard Confessional-esque debut, with "crunchy" ballads showing the band can be both tasteful and fierce. The Nerve writer Adam Simpkins said Story of the Year "takes the worst elements of Death by Stereo", merging them with lyrics that "would make Dashboard Confessional wince". Johan