Halloran was killed in a late-2005 car crash that also seriously injured bassist Nick Ghanbarian. On tour at the time of the accident, vocalist/guitarist Anthony Raneri and guitarist Jack O'Shea decided to honor their friends by pressing on as a duo and performing acoustically. The band's remaining members released a 10-song EP and live DVD, both entitled "Acoustic," last February.

The band holed up in General Studios on Long Island for the last two months of 2006, working with producers Kenny Gioia and Shep Goodman (Lee Ann Womack, Hall & Oates) on the new album, according to a press release. "The Walking Wounded" follows the band's self-titled 2005 full-length, and its 2004 debut, "Sirens and Condolences."

"We had a lot more time to make this record and a little more money," Raneri said in a press release. "We wrote most of the last record on the road, which really wasn't as inspiring as it sounds. This time around, however, we took some time to sit at home and write the record that we wanted to write."

"We're recording in bigger studios this time as well, which definitely makes for bigger sounds. Also, this being the second time around with Shep and Kenny producing, everyone knows everyone ... everyone is comfortable. I know what they're going to say before they say it and vice versa."

TOUR DATES

February 2007
21 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
22 - Norfolk, VA - Norva
23 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
24 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
25 - Boston, MA - Axis
27 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
28 - Buffalo, NY - The Buffalo Icon

March 2007
1 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
2 - Chicago, IL - Metro
3 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
4 - St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
5 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
7 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
9 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
10 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
13 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
16 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon