After the dissolution of All of Fifteen in 2006, Colten and Jim took some time away from music. Colten wrote fragments of some slower, more spacious songs and put them to CD. In the summer of 2007 they got together with friend Nate Joyner, made some sense of it all, and booked a show for December. It was fun, so they decided to do it again. And again. And again.

There were periods of warmth in the winter, and birds even chirped sometimes. The ice stayed on the trees some days, and then melted. The days were far too short. Outside cafes pulled the tables inside and the bustling downtown area was quiet. It gets cold enough that a place that is exceptionally busy at some times during the year is now quiet and desolate. People huddle inside, and pushing out into the cold at the end of the night they huddle in small pockets. This is songs.

VMNS 2008