After the demos had been recorded, Will Noon, formerly of Breaking Pangaea, was recruited as the band's permanent drummer. Cooper and Noon had previously played together, while Cooper and Nolan were familiar with Noon's work as part of Breaking Pangaea. Following a month of practice, the trio decided that the band needed another member. John was sharing an apartment with Michelle at the time, with him learning that she was writing her own songs but had no plans to do anything with the songs. Observing her talent, John Nolan decided to recruit her as the fourth band member. With their line-up complete, the quartet continued practicing and recorded a few more tracks in the following months. When they felt ready to debut the band to the wider public, they settled on the name Straylight Run, after a large amount of discussion and debating.