began work on recording an album

With the members assembled, they began work on recording an album as a band throughout 2002. Along with Moi, the band also worked with producer Jim Wirt, and had the album mixed by Tom Lord-Alge . The final product would be the self-titled Forty Foot Echo , released in 2003. Two singles were released from the album, “Save Me” and “Brand New Day”, both receiving music videos that entered the rotations of music channels such as Much Music . “Brand New Day” was also included on the Freaky Friday soundtrack. This proved to be a good source of exposure for the band, as the soundtrack itself debuted at no. 19 on the Billboard 200 charts, and ended up getting a Gold certification by the RIAA , indicating over 500,000 copies shipped. Additionally, the song “Drift” was used in the feature film The Prince and Me and its respective soundtrack in 2004, as well as the track “Beside Me”, which was featured on the first episode of the television series One Tree Hill . Despite the band’s accomplishments and growing exposure, budget cuts and loss of touring support lead to the band parting ways with Hollywood in 2004.