Evans quickly left to start his own group, with Mathias moving over to bass and, after experimenting with a variety of tongue-in-cheek names, the remaining trio debuted as Future of the Left in the fall of 2006. Remaining with Mclusky's label, Too Pure Records, Future of the Left made their recorded debut with a double A-sided single, "Fingers Become Thumbs" and "The Lord Hates a Coward," in January 2007. Two more singles, "A Dead Enemy Always Smells Good" and "Small Bones Small Bodies," followed in May and September. Future of the Left's debut album, Curses, was released in the fall of 2007. A live album, 2008's Last Night I Saved Her from Vampires, became the band's 4AD debut; early the following year, the single "The Hope That House Built" signaled Future of the Left's heavier attack on their second album, Travels with Myself and Another, which arrived in summer 2009.
The following year, Mathias left the group, and Oceansize bassist Steve Hodson joined the fold for some live shows before a permanent replacement, former Million Dead member Julia Ruzicka, was announced. That year, the band also added a new guitarist, Jimmy Watkins, who also joined Future of the Left in time to record the band's third album, The Plot Against Common Sense, which was released in June 2012. The group's fourth album, How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident, was funded by fans via a PledgeMusic campaign and was released on Future of the Left's own Prescriptions label in October 2013. Having met their funding goal in a scant five hours, the bandmembers were converted to this new way of funding their recordings and decided to do the same for their fifth album, The Peace Truce of Future of the Left. Announced in December 2015, this one met its funding goal even more quickly, in just three hours. Released in April 2016, it saw the band once more back to a trio, following the departure of Watkins. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi