Jenkins falls into depression

After four straight years of recording music and touring in support of it, the next couple years were less busy for the band. Originally, the band had planned on starting work on the EP they had agreed upon making as a vehicle to release the controversial “Slow Motion” song kept off of Blue by the label. The EP was originally titled Black , as a companion piece to Blue . Recording plans were delayed from late 2000, to early 2001. By 2001 Jenkins had fallen into a deep depression. He isolated himself for almost a year, and turned his attention to writing material for a third studio album, of which he amassed over 40 songs in this time. The band only played a handful of live performances, largely one-off benefit shows. Progress on the album would be slow. The third album was originally scheduled to be released in early 2002, but was delayed several times before its release in May 2003. According to Jenkins, some of the reasons for the delay stemmed from a self-imposed pressure to live up to Third Eye Blind’s previous successes, leading him to rewrite lyrics. The band spent substantial time building their own recording studio in San Francisco called Morningwood Studios. During this time, the band’s lawsuit with Cadogan was settled out of court, with the terms of the settlement undisclosed.