Prior to the project's formation, Woods was handling guitar duties for Madison-based indie rockers the Box Social. The impetus of Direct Hit! was to forgo the usual rigamarole of releasing an album every couple of years and just concentrate on singles and EPs, comic book style, which the band did vigorously between 2008 and 2010. In 2011, they issued their first full-length, Domesplitter, which featured re-recorded versions of material from their early EPs. A series of splits followed, and in 2013 they inked a deal with Red Scare and released the apocalypse-driven concept album Brainless God. The album was well-received, and spawned an accompanying album-length short film that was released in chapters via media sites like Vice and the Onion's A.V. Club. 2016 saw the group, which had settled on a lineup consisting of Woods, Danny Walkowiak, Devon Kay, and Steve Maury, sign with Fat Wreck Chords and release their much anticipated third studio long-player Wasted Mind. ~ James Christopher Monger