They were soon attracting a bigger fanbase through promotion online, and garnered interest from record labels. Zablocki was then contacted by independent label Drive-Thru Records, to whom he sent a demo. After a month, Drive-Thru owners Richard and Stephanie Reines flew out to watch the band live. Following the performance, the group were offered a contract with them. The band, who were fans of the label, signed with them in late 2002. Enable Flash and click on the Band button for the biography to appear. Before signing with Drive-Thru, Gill was replaced by Mike Glita, formerly of Tokyo Rose. In November, Nielsen said the band were aiming to record their debut album in early 2003. From the Depths of Dreams was reissued through Drive-Thru Records in April 2003. As a partial result of widespread file sharing, the EP charted on the Billboard 200. The reissue was successful with the EP going on to sell over 256,000 copies, which caught the attention of Drive-Thru's major label distributor, MCA Records. They had a distribution deal that allowed MCA to acquire Drive-Thru Records' bands over a period of time.Billboard 1999, p. 74
