 Cloud Car's original lineup featured drummer Jim Edmunds, eventually joining Dean Fertita's (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather) retro pop group The Waxwings.New Grenada debuted their split 7" with Detroit punk band the Trembling (featuring Busque) in fall of 2001.Their first album, "The Open Heart", was released in 2002 and featured tracks produced by Detroit recording engineer Tim Pak and solo artist Brendan Benson, now of The Raconteurs.