Announced break from touring

On November 26, 2012, McColgan wrote on the band’s Facebook account that starting January 1, 2013, Street Dogs would be taking a break from recording and touring, but he assured fans that the band was not breaking up. Later that day, Tobe Bean announced that he would no longer be a touring member of Street Dogs, but he will “always be a Street Dog”. In February 2013, it was announced that McColgan and Rioux would form a side project with original Dropkick Murphys member Rick Barton called FM359. In March, it was announced their break from touring would be ending in July when they tour Europe. In March, McColgan mentioned that the band would exclusively work with the Pirates Press Records label in the future, and they planned to release a 7-inch single, a live album, and a DVD. He also mentioned that the band was hoping to get Lenny Lashley from Darkbuster to replace Bean on guitar, and on April 9 the Street Dogs Facebook page announced that Lashley had officially joined the group. They also announced their next single, ” Crooked Drunken Sons “, a song named after their annual tour, which will be released on Record Store Day 2013. Another single, “Rustbelt Nation”, followed a month later. Later in the year, Hollar was replaced by Matt Pruitt ( Have Nots ).