The Meanest of Times released

The band’s sixth album, The Meanest of Times , was released on September 18, 2007, on the band’s own label, Born & Bred Records. It marked the band’s first album to not be released through Hellcat. The Meanest of Times debuted at No. 20 in the U.S., their highest chart debut to date. The first single, ” The State of Massachusetts “, became the band’s band second number 1 single on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart (and their last on that chart) and reached number fourteen on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart giving them their highest ever position on that chart as well. The song was also used as the opening theme to the MTV show Nitro Circus ; it reached No. 83 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 songs of 2007. . Following a tour to support the album, guitarist Marc Orrell announced in January 2008 that he was leaving the band after eight years. Orrell said of his departure “I’m very grateful for everything playing with DKM has brought me and I’m sad to be going but I feel like the time has come for me to try working on different styles of music and some of my own projects, I’m ready to spread my wings as they say.” Tim Brennan replaced Orrell as a full-time guitarist while multi-instrumentalist Jeff DaRosa was introduced as a new member of the band. The re-configured line-up continued to tour into 2008. Their show in Pawtucket, Rhode Island , had a sellout crowd of 10,060 which according to the band was their largest ever.