' s ▁third ▁studio ▁album , ▁Ve ck at im est ▁( 2 0 0 9 ), ▁the ▁band ▁under to ok ▁a ▁hi atus ▁from ▁band - related ▁activities . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁bass ist ▁and ▁producer ▁Chris ▁Taylor ▁began ▁working ▁on ▁solo ▁material , ▁stating , ▁" I ▁felt ▁like ▁doing ▁something ▁where ▁I ▁could ▁purs ue ▁my ▁own ▁angle ▁on ▁things . ▁[ D ream s ▁Come ▁True ] ' s ▁a ▁fairly ▁different - s ounding ▁record ▁from ▁G ri zz ly ▁Bear ." ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁writing ▁and ▁recording ▁of ▁Dream s ▁Come ▁True , ▁Taylor ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁T win ▁Sh adow ' s ▁George ▁Lewis ▁Jr ., ▁with ▁Taylor ▁not ing , ▁" I ▁had ▁absolutely ▁no ▁idea ▁what ▁the ▁record ▁would ▁end ▁up ▁sound ing ▁like . ▁[...] ▁I ▁just ▁kind ▁of ▁threw ▁myself ▁into ▁this ▁thing : ▁I ▁wrote ▁three - quarters ▁of ▁the ▁record ▁in ▁a ▁week - and - a - half ▁with ▁George ▁T win ▁Sh adow ." ▁Regarding ▁his ▁contributions , ▁Taylor ▁stated , ▁" I ▁love ▁the ▁way ▁George ▁makes ▁his ▁things . ▁His ▁take ▁on ▁pop ▁music ▁is ▁really ▁impress ive , ▁really ▁' up ▁my ▁al ley '. ▁I ▁just ▁really ▁enjoy ▁how ▁he ▁approaches ▁music , ▁and ▁it ▁seemed ▁like ▁it ▁was ▁really ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁what ▁kind ▁of ▁music ▁I ▁was ▁into ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁what ▁I ▁was ▁hoping ▁to ▁do ▁myself ." ▁ ▁The ▁resulting ▁record ings ▁differ ed ▁from ▁Taylor