"Snails" was re-recorded during the sessions Ruess said the original EP version was recorded on a strict timeframe and as a result, they were unable to give the song enough attention. Don Taylor then mastered the album at Precision Mastering. '" Sluiter mixed "I'm Actual", "Time Bomb" and "Pick Me Up", while the remainder were mixed by Tom Rothrock Mike Tarantino served as mixing engineer. Throughout the recording process, Ruess frequently apologised to his partner, going as far to make a "conscious effort to call her and say, 'I don't want you to take offense to this. Their workdays consisted of 12 hours per day, six days a week. ĭog Problems was produced by Steven McDonald, who was assisted by engineer Ken Sluiter, and recorded over two months in Los Angeles, California. On November 30, 2005, the Format publicly announced their departure from the label. As the band were making preparations to record their next album, Atlantic eventually dropped them. Ruess planned to make their next album a concept album about his five-year-long relationship coming to its end, but this was dropped as he was "still in the relationship and it was still going bad and I couldn't get out of it". Ruess said when the company listened to the band's new demos, they "didn't hear a single" they asked the label repeated to drop them from the roster. In April 2005, the band supported Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday on their co-headlining US tour to coincide with this, the Format released the Snails EP. Atlantic Records had no success in promoting the Format, resulting in legal situations. They ended the year touring the US with Switchfoot and the Honorary Title.
Over the next three months, the band appeared on the Honda Civic Tour and went on headlining West Coast and Midwestern tours. While this was occurring, the band were in the midst of supporting Yellowcard and Something Corporate on their co-headlining tour of the United States. Records, which saw the band moved to Atlantic Records. In March 2004, Elektra was absorbed into Warner Bros. The Format released their debut studio album Interventions + Lullabies, through Elektra Records in October 2003. 5 Commercial performance, accolades and retrospective reviews."She Doesn't Get It" was released as the final single in March 2007, which was later promoted with a three-month long US tour. Stints in the United Kingdom and the US with the All-American Rejects followed, and "Time Bomb" was released as the second single from the album' in October 2006. "The Compromise" was released as the album's lead single in July 2006, around which, the band went on a headlining US tour. The album peaked at number 84 on the United State Billboard 200 chart, selling 13,000 in its first week. Retrospective reviews held up this view, noting comparisons to the work of Fun. Dog Problems is an indie pop, indie rock and power pop album that has been compared to the work of the Cars, Ben Folds and Jimmy Eat World.ĭog Problems received generally favourable reviews from critics, many of whom praised the musicianship and songwriting. They left the label in late 2005 the band recorded their next album with producer Steven McDonald in Los Angeles, California. Following the release of their debut studio album, Interventions + Lullabies (2003), the band were moved from Elektra Records to Atlantic Records, who were unable to promote them. Dog Problems is the second studio album by American rock band the Format, released on July 11, 2006, through their own label The Vanity Label.