The band typically releases an EP between studio albums. So following Five Score And Seven Years Ago - which debuted at #6 on The Billboard 200 in 2007, becoming Relient K's highest charting album to date - the guys decided to make their latest EP something of an alternate career retrospective, comprised of b-sides, demos and other rarities from its 10 year history.

"We were just trying to think of what our fans would want from a b-sides record," explains lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen. "We're like, they probably just want everything - so let's try to give it to them." Along the way, the band decided to include some new tracks, a concept that quickly morphed into "hey, why doesn't everybody in the band write a song?"

Thus the EP begins with a baker's dozen of original new tunes collected under the moniker of The Nashville Tennis EP. With all five members writing and taking turns on lead vocals, it's perhaps Relient K's most diverse effort to date, including Thiessen's alt-country "At Least We Made It This Far," bassist John Warne's "The Last, The Lost, The Least," which is explosive both sonically and in its social commentary, and new drummer Ethan Luck's punk rock reggae "No Reaction," to name but a few highlights.

Tapped as a co-headliner for the Vans Warped Tour '08, Relient K is eager to get back on the road. "This is the first time we've been out for the entire endeavor - it's going to be a blast," says Thiessen, who relishes the Warped tour's "hot, dirty summercamp awesomeness." They'll be bringing along a representative from Blood:Water Mission http://www.bloodwatermission.com/, a non-profit organization working to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression.

The track listing for The Bird and the Bee Sides is as follows:

1. Where Do I Go From Here
2. The Scene And Herd
3. At Least We Made It This Far
4. The Last, The Lost, The Least
5. The Lining Is Silver
6. There Was No Thief
7. No Reaction
8. Curl Up And Die
9. You'll Always Be My Best Friend
10. There Was Another Time In My Life
11. Beaming
12. I Just Want You To Know
13. Bee Your Man
14. Up And Up (Acoustic)
15. Wit's All Been Done Before
16. The Vinyl Countdown
17. For The Band
18. Nothing Without You
19. A Penny Loafer Saved Is A Penny Loafer Earned
20. Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead Or Dying
21. Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead Or Dying (Ska Version)
22. Who I Am Hates Who I've Been (Acoustic)
23. Here I Go (Demo)
24. The Stenographer (Demo)
25. Jefferson Aeroplane (Demo)
26. Hope For Every Fallen Man (Acoustic)

Prior to street date, Relient K will launch an online scavenger hunt that will give fans a chance to download numerous b-sides that will not be included on the disc. The hunt begins June 16th at the band's MySpace site and will continue through June 30th. For additional information and clues, visit: http://www.myspace.com/relientk

RELIENT K/ VANS WARPED TOUR '08 DATES

June
20 Pomona, CA Fairplex Park
21 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
22 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
25 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
26 Las Cruces, NM New Mexico State University - Intramural Field
28 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fair
29 Denver, CO Invesco Field At Mile High

July
1 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
2 Bonner Springs, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
3 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
5 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
6 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
9 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Exhibition Center
10 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
11 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
12 Miami, FL Bicentennial Park
13 Elkton, FL St. Johns County Fairgrounds
14 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
15 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
16 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
17 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City
18 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
19 Toronto, ON Downsview Park Allen Road
20 Montreal, QC Park Jean Drapeau
23 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
24 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake P.A.C.
25 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
26 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
27 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
28 Englishtown, NJ Raceway Park
29 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion At Star Lake
30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Amphitheatre
31 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre