The new album is the follow up to 2011’s acclaimed sophomore album “Thank You Happy Birthday,” which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in the US. Rolling Stone, New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly praised the release as “one of the best rock albums of the year”. The album also spawned the hit single “Shake Me Down” which spent six weeks at #1 at Alternative radio.

The band’s debut 2009 album spent an astounding 73 weeks on the Billboard Album Charts in the US.

The first single from ‘Melophobia’, ‘Come A Little Closer’ , has been added ATB to Triple J and reached #1 on Hype Machine.

The band have toured with the likes of the Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Stone Temple Pilots, Foals, Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, and many more. The band were last in Australia early 2012 for The Big Day Out and headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney.