▁fre ed ▁from ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁Records . ▁Still ▁slightly ▁road - we ary ▁from ▁tour ing ▁to ▁promote ▁On ▁Appro ach , ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁re group ▁for ▁their ▁next ▁album ▁and ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Richard ▁Swift ▁at ▁National ▁Fre edom ▁stud ios ▁in ▁C ott age ▁Gro ve , ▁Oregon . ▁After ▁several ▁weeks ▁of ▁recording , ▁the ▁band ▁returned ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁producer ▁Rob ▁Sch nap f , ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁with ▁Beck ▁and ▁Elli ott ▁Smith , ▁to ▁produce ▁additional ▁recording ▁sessions ▁for ▁the ▁record . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁through ▁A TO ▁Records . ▁ ▁" This ▁feels ▁like ▁the ▁first ▁real ▁Ever est ▁record ," ▁said ▁Russell ▁Pol l ard ▁about ▁the ▁album . ▁" It ’ s ▁the ▁natural ▁result ▁of ▁years ▁of ▁tour ing ▁and ▁sp ending ▁time ▁together . ▁It ’ s ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁years ▁of ▁late ▁night ▁convers ations ▁about ▁what ▁kind ▁of ▁band ▁we ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁and ▁what ▁kind ▁of ▁music ▁we ▁want ▁to ▁step ▁on stage ▁and ▁play ▁every ▁night . ▁It ’ s ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁us ▁finally ▁hitting ▁our ▁st ride ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁found ing ▁member ▁Jason ▁S oda ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁band , ▁and ▁guitar ist ▁A aron ▁Lee ▁Tas jan ▁and ▁drum mer ▁Dan ▁Ba iley ▁joined ▁the ▁line - up . ▁According ▁to ▁an ▁update ▁posted ▁to