Jeremiah Edmond left the band

Jeremiah Edmond left the band in January 2010 to focus on his family and running the band’s record label. Also in January, the band announced the release of a split EP with Kevin Devine entitled I Could Be the Only One . The EP was released digitally January 26, 2010. Following the release of the Manchester Orchestra / Kevin Devine split EP, it was announced that Devine would record a full-length album along with the members of Manchester Orchestra later that year, with half the album written by Devine and half by Andy Hull . On April 10, 2010, it was announced the new project’s name as Bad Books and that the album would be released under that moniker. On August 16, 2010, it was announced that the self-titled Bad Books album would be released on October 19, 2010, digitally and on November 9, 2010, on a physical CD.