Pomegranates hail from Cincinnati, where drummer Jacob Merritt, guitarist Isaac Karns, and vocalist/guitarist Joey Cook first launched the pop-based indie rock band in the mid-2000s. Taking influence from early Modest Mouse and Wolf Parade, Pomegranates honed their craft and issued the Two Eyes EP in June 2007. Bassist Josh Kufeldt joined the following year, and the band released its full-length debut, Everything Is Alive, that May.