Will Sheff has stated that he originally intended the album to be a double album and that he wrote twice as many songs for it than were used, many of which were completed or nearly completed. He had also stated that the band intended to release an EP of the unused material similar to "Black Sheep Boy"'s companion EP "Black Sheep Boy Appendix"; however enough material existed for a full-length LP called "The Stand Ins", which was released on September 9, 2008.