 Having toured the new album across the country, Island Records signed the band to their second deal under the same Universal Records umbrella they had just left in order to rework the "How Far Have You Come" album.In the summer of 2001, the band returned to Nashville with Jay Joyce, recorded some new material (including "Sparkle"), took the tapes to Miami beach for Tom Lord Alge to mix, and finally released "Rise", their only major-label album, which features slide guitar by George Harrison on the track "Punchdrunk".The band toured the country, appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and "Good Morning America", showcasing their single "Sparkle" which eventually hit #17 in the 2002 Billboard charts, won an Irish Meteor award, and can still be heard in movies such as Ed Burns’ "Sidewalks of New York", and TV shows like "Smallville".