▁punk ▁pose urs ▁who ▁water ▁down ▁the ▁genre ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁d row ning ▁it ," ▁wrote ▁Michael ▁Roberts ▁of ▁West word . ▁The ▁group ▁continued ▁to ▁tour ▁" in cess antly ," ▁attract ing ▁larger ▁crow ds . ▁They ▁began ▁the ▁year ▁with ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁Ep it aph ▁Tour , ▁alongside ▁Match book ▁Rom ance ▁and ▁From ▁First ▁to ▁Last . ▁It ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁dates ▁on ▁the ▁War ped ▁Tour ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁the ▁N intendo ▁F usion ▁Tour ▁with ▁Fall ▁Out ▁Boy , ▁Pan ic ! ▁at ▁the ▁Dis co , ▁and ▁The ▁Starting ▁Line , ▁which ▁was ▁their ▁largest ▁nation wide ▁tour ▁to ▁that ▁point . ▁ ▁Cont in ued ▁success ▁( 2 0 0 7 – 1 1 ) ▁ ▁The ▁band ' s ▁follow - up , ▁Even ▁If ▁It ▁K ills ▁Me ▁( 2 0 0 7 ), ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁with ▁Eli ▁Jan ney , ▁Adam ▁Schles inger ▁of ▁F ount ains ▁of ▁Wayne , ▁and ▁Ric ▁O case k ▁of ▁the ▁C ars . ▁The ▁group , ▁though ▁big ▁fans ▁of ▁his ▁work , ▁were ▁disappoint ed ▁with ▁O case k ' s ▁role . ▁" He ▁just ▁confused ▁me ▁the ▁whole ▁time ," ▁said ▁Pierre ▁later , ▁who ▁noted ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁afraid ▁to ▁disc lose ▁that ▁the ▁experience ▁was ▁a ▁" bum - out ." ▁Pierre ▁strugg led ▁with ▁writer ' s ▁block ▁during ▁the ▁sessions ▁and ▁found ▁himself ▁writing ▁lyr ics ▁while ▁recording