Make Up The Breakdown was produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth) at Vancouver, BCs Mushroom Studios with additional engineering and mixing from former Death Cab for Cutie member Chris Walla at The Hall of Justice in Seattle, and released on October 8th 2002 as a ten-track album.

For this deluxe edition, Make Up The Breakdown has been expanded to twelve tracks and now includes Apt. 101 and Move On, two tracks only previously available with a UK-only single for Bandages.

Make Up The Breakdown earned praise from the likes of AllMusic, who called the album an addictive, densely packed pop gem that ranks among 2002s best albums, and Pitchfork agreed, including it at no. 20 on The 50 Best Albums of 2002. The official videos for "Bandages" and "Talk to Me, Dance With Me" saw regular airplay on MTV. Meanwhile the singles saw huge support at Alternative Radio, with both songs going to no. 1 at the KROQ in Los Angeles.