On September 20, 2006, the band announced via its Myspace page that

On September 20, 2006, the band announced via its Myspace page that they were going on hiatus and quelled rumors of a breakup in a message the following day that it was only a “short break” and that fans shouldn’t worry. At their final show before the hiatus in Iowa City , Iowa , the band assured concertgoers that their annual ‘Songs from a Scene’ concerts would go on in December at the Metro in Chicago after they returned to a sense of “normality” over the next few months.