The origin of MakeUpBreakup can be traced back to the winter of 2006 and illicit phone conversations between Alexander Laorenza and Mikeylams, both founding members of post-punk-indie-sex-pots A Trillion Barnacle Lapse (Level-Plane Records, Nova Recordings, Sound-Virus, The Electric Human Project , Release the Bats). These prophetic diatribes took place during Alexander’s Los Angeles days, where he made cash writing for a Hip Hop website and played with a myriad of musicians in desperate need of rehab.

Over on the East Coast, fresh out of Brooklyn’s mean streets and a stint with New York based band Rockethouse (Kanine Records, Fabtone Records), Mikeylams was back in Providence, writing and recording the tracks that would be the foundation; the eclectic electronic sound of MakeUpBreakUp. Alexander was set to move back within a few months. The two planned a triumphant return, with a band that would honor their past while at the same time achieving the kind of sound they have always strove for...

Short demos recorded by Lams were sent through the wires across the USA; enthusiasm abounded; band names were strewn about in a ludicrous fashion. By late spring of 2007, Alexander and his Ford Escort made it back to Rhode Island after braving the buffalo depositories and murky cops in off-road vehicles of the Midwest. He and Mikeylams immediately started collaborating on the tracks, and started playing out live. Providence, Brooklyn, and Boston caught a glimpse of MakeUpBreakUp’s live act in the Summer of 2007.

Holed up in a practice space riddled with potential health hazards, the duo wrote and recorded the songs which have come to be known as their “We Prefer Not To..." EP. Prelude to a debut full length, "We Prefer Not To…", mastered by Jonathan Wyner (David Bowie, Devo, Nirvana) @ MWorks in Cambridge, shares equally with the experimental post punk of ATBL as it does with the surefire electronic sensibilities of Depeche Mode, She Wants Revenge, New Order and Fischerspooner. With a few labels interested in doing a release, MakeUpBreakUp happily signed to S.A.F. Records in the early Winter of 2007. S.A.F. will be releasing the EP in CD, Vinyl, and Digital formats in the Summer of 2008, with multiple tours to follow in 08'.