 A demo recorded during the bandmembers' 2005 spring break led to the band signing with Tooth & Nail Records, with a distribution deal through EMI.In 2005 Jonezetta released a four song EP, which was also available to download via AbsolutePunk.In the summer of 2005, former The All-American Rejects and The Elation keyboardist Timothy Jordan II joined the band as their official fifth member; Jordan died by suicide in December 2005, just as the band was beginning to record their debut album with producer Steve Wilson.