Hell's Angels

However, by the time Crawford joined the team, he was able to contribute only a few last-minute details before a second EP, The Sound of Sirens, was released in October 2004. Which means that for almost an entire year, the band has been touring in support of an album that's a snapshot of a former life.

"As soon as we were done with it, we were beyond it," Anderson says as she begins to discuss the differences between the group's last release and its first full-length, Doubt Becomes the New Addiction, which arrives in mid-October. "We've been dying to write this record."

Almost a year and a half after its start, a band that's already seen the national spotlight and a whole lot of local praise is ready to put the horse back in front of the cart.

Is there an answer to how they got here? Maybe there's more than one. The band members have no doubt: Faith in the unknown -- being able to flee what is seen -- is what's moving their career along so quickly. They may be right about the divine aid. But a lot of hard work hasn't hurt.

"For us, it's go big or go home," Brooks says. "It's our lives. All the hard work is paying off, but we know there's a lot of hard work ahead. There's a whole other level, and we're going to get there."