began to write music

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 ideas for the album. The band worked with producer Mark Lee Townsend again at Dark Horse Recording Studio in Nashville. After recording a few tracks, the band worked on more tracks and were set to be recorded with John Feldmann . Webisodes released weekly online to show the recording progress in the studio. On May 8, 2009, Thiessen announced on Twitter the album’s title, Forget and Not Slow Down , also noting that “Forget and Not Slow Down” is the name of a track. Many of their songs in the past were about making mistakes and moving past them, which Matt Hoopes said that this album had “a lot of that feeling.” Thiessen also shared that the band wanted to “make a rock record.” In late May and early June, the band went on tour with Owl City , Runner Runner and the Classic Crime . Following this, they went on a short Northeast and Midwestern US tour in June and July 2009.