Blackhawks Over Los Angeles

In October 2006, Strung Out spent some time at Pulley's practice space, where they wrote some new material.^[4] On November 26, 2006, the band made a demo of "Downtown" available for streaming.^[5]

In April 2007, Strung Out played two shows in California, prior to an appearance at the Groezrock festival in Europe.^[6] On May 8, 2007, "Calling" was posted on the band's Myspace profile, followed by "Party in the Hills" the following month.^[7][8] The album was planned for release in spring 2007;^[5] it was made available for streaming via their Myspace on June 8, 2007, before being released four days later.^[9] On June 14, 2007, the music video for "Calling" was posted online.^[10] The album was promoted with a release show in Simi Valley, California, and a tour of Europe through to the end of July 2007.^[6][11] In August, the band went on a North American tour with support from A Wilhelm Scream and I Am Ghost.^[12] In September and October 2007, they embarked on a second leg, this time with Evergreen Terrace and I Am Ghost.^[13] They closed out the year touring with Bad Religion on their headlining trek of Australia.^[14] In April 2008, the band embarked on a club tour of Europe alongside Ignite, Terror, Death Before Dishonor, and Burnthe8track.^[15] Alongside this, the band played their own European shows through to May 2008.^[16] They returned to the US where they supported Pennywise on their headlining tour; in between some of these dates, they played their own headlining shows with a variety of other bands.^[17] In October 2008, preceded by two shows, the band performed at the LiskFest festival in California, and then embarked on a tour of the UK.^[18][19]

The first 5000 copies of the album include a bonus song titled "More Than Words". Another bonus song is included with the iTunes release, titled "Novella".