Midstates may be the subsequent task name from users of Novasonic Straight down Hyper Space, who also released two information and played displays with Stratford 4, Windy & Carl, Aspera, and Flowchart. Pursuing many lineup shifts, founding users Paul Heintz and Steve Munoz had been became a member of by bassist Adam Province, drummer Dan Chambers, guitarist Michael Dahlman, and percussionist Angel Ledezma. The Chicago music group released Shadowing Spirits on Mental Monkey in early 2003.