 "Firework Shoes" was released on 5 November 2012 receiving a 4/5 review in "The Sunday Express" by its editor Martin Townsend who likened the band to Madness, Squeeze and XTC

In October 2013 "Big Fat Blackberries" from "Firework Shoes" was released as a single.In December 2013, "The Comet Returns" from "Firework Shoes" was used by Channel 4 as the backing music on their trailer to advertise the Christmas Eve Special of cult TV comedy show, "The IT Crowd".The band kept a low profile in 2014 with Jesse Budd writing and often performing live as his alter ego "Billy Shinbone" in his side project The Billy Shinbone Show.