On April 21, Luck officially stated that he is no longer a member of the band. He became the on-tour guitar technician for the Cold War Kids. The band announced that drummer Tom Breyfogle and bassist Dan Gartley would serve as replacements for the US tour. On May 29, the…
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On February 4, 2013, the band released a single via YouTube, in the form of a lyric video: “That’s My Jam”. Later, the track was redone, featuring Owl City , as an iTunes bonus track for Collapsible Lung . On February 22, 2013, it was announced that the new album…
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On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced it was dissolving Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records . With the shutdown, Relient K and all other artists previously signed to these three labels would release their future material on the RCA Records . In May 2012, the…
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The group began posting pictures on their Facebook to reveal tracks from a forthcoming covers EP. On June 14, 2011, Alternative Press reported the EP would be called Is for Karaoke and displayed the album artwork. The first part, Is for Karaoke EP , was made available for download on…
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In April and May 2010, the band supported Paramore on their headlining US tour, which included an appearance at The Bamboozle festival. On April 20, Relient K released a triple-compilation collection CD entitled The First Three Gears . It included the band’s first three studio albums with various “EP exclusive”…
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On September 17, 2009, “Forget and Not Slow Down” was posted online, before it released as the lead single from the album on September 21. “Therapy” was posted online on October 1, and was released to Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations on October 19, as the album’s second single. It…
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In early 2009, the band began to write music for an album to be released later that year. Thiessen retreated to Winchester, Tennessee , and isolated himself from other people for several months writing material for the new record. However, he stayed in contact with the other members sharing song…
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In October 2008, the band released three bonus iTunes tracks for a re-issue of Let It Snow, Baby… Let It Reindeer and embarked on the Uncle Fest tour. The tracks were later pulled from iTunes, but have since then been released on Gotee Records’s 2010 Christmas compilation album: ‘ Tis…
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On July 1, 2008, Relient K released a double EP . The double EP is contained on a single disc and contains The Nashville Tennis EP and The Bird and the Bee Sides . The Nashville Tennis EP included 13 tracks of new material that allowed the band to explore…
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The band released Let It Snow, Baby… Let It Reindeer , a Christmas album, on October 23, 2007. The CD contained all of the tracks from Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand as well as six new songs. This Christmas themed re-release was met with a peak of No. 96…
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