The couple began touring full-time in 2003, and recorded their first EP - "Make Your Troubles Mine -" in 2005, with the help of producer and guitarist Ric Hordinski (formerly of Over the Rhine). The debut was received with positive reviews in local newspapers, and their local public radio station, WNKU, put them in regular rotation. After a feature in "Performing Songwriter Magazine", Virt Records signed the band and sent them back into the studio to turn their EP into a full-length album. The result, "Lying Awake", was released in 2006.