The group that could become indie rock-band the Hardly ever was initially formed by high-school student Noah Smith as a skill project on the North Carolina College from the Arts in the spring of 2000. Along with his friend Ari Picker, Smith set up a group known as the B-Sides, ultimately also including Ken Mosher (previously of Squirrel Nut Zippers), Travis Horton, and Eric Kuhn. The music group continuing after Smith graduated from senior high school, self-releasing an record, Yes, Certainly, the B-Sides, Quite! (2001). Workers changes ensued, nevertheless, and they had been reduced to simply the duo of Smith and Picker, who recruited bassist Joah Tunnell and his sibling, Jonny Tunnell, a drummer, and transformed the name of the group towards the Hardly ever. They agreed upon to MoRisen Information in Feb 2003 and released a self-titled record on, may 18, 2004. Switching to Trekky Information, they implemented with the idea record Antarctica: A Storybook Record, packed as both a Compact disc and a reserve illustrated by Smith, provided national discharge on July 11, 2006.