 McCaddon contacted former Society's Finest member, Nick Nowell (bass) and asked him to join their new project, The Famine.Though McCaddon knew people would compare the Famine to Embodyment, he stated that "We started The Famine because we wanted to get away from the stuff we were playing with Embodyment...".In 2007, they signed to Solid State Records and released their debut EP, "The Famine".