Casket Salesmen have enlisted guitarist Kia Eshghi. Kia will play bass with the band live and will be relocating to California for the next year to write and record with Phil and Nate on various other projects. Eshghi also has a project of his own called Rumi which can be heard on his myspace page.

The band is preparing for the release of their upcoming debut, Sleeping Giants. The album is expected on August 1st, 2006 and the band tells Punknews.org that a number of guest spots were recorded on the album. Guest participants include Chris Sheets & Steve Borth of Rx Bandits, the entirety of Mythmaker, Anthony Alagna of Auditory Aphasia and many more.

The band includes Phil Pirrone and Nate Lindeman and the album was produced by the band and Justin Gutierrez. The album is due out through Longhair Illuminati, a label formed by the band,