The Chino Hills, California-based A Thorn For Every Heart self-released its debut EP, "Silence Is Golden", in 2003, gaining much Internet exposure and creating an underground following. The band's first full-length album, "Things Aren't So Beautiful Now", was released on October 19, 2004 through Kickball Records, a small subsidiary of Interscope. The album was recorded in the summer of 2004 with producer Shawn Sullivan.