In Search of Amelia Earhart notably Andy Roberts who shared vocals on the album, created an atypical British folk album conceived around the idea of the legends surrounding Amelia Earhart and her supposed demise. Matthews had read a book by Fred Goerner hypothesizing that Earhart and her flying companion Frederick Noonan had crashed around the Japanese held Marshall Island area and been taken prisoner by the Japanese on Saipan, in the Marianas, in 1937. Their plane had supposedly been outfitted with aerial cameras and had a bigger fuel tank than anyone outside of the US government knew. After being grilled by Japanese interrogators Earhart would
Off with Their Heads (band) commented saying "This thing will never happen." On September 10, 2008, Off With Their Heads self-released a music video for "Fuck This, I'm Out" In late 2009, the band was chosen as one of "Beyond Race Magazine"'s "50 Emerging Artists," resulting in a spot in the publication's No. 11 issue (with Bodega Girls and J. Cole on the cover), as well as an exclusive Q&A for the magazine's site. In February 2010, it was announced that Off With Their Heads signed to Epitaph Records, with a new record due for June 1 of that year. After Ryan Young suffered a