The record was released on January 15, 2016, via El Camino Media. On October 29, 2015, Billboard Magazine premiered the first track, Shake Shake, off Battleme's upcoming record "Habitual Love Songs". That fall, Drenik entered Revolver Studio (Portland, OR) and began recording. In the spring of 2015, they did a short run of dates with US band Local H, previewing new material they had recorded in late 2014.
That summer, Battleme opened for Veruca Salt for 10 shows on the Midwest and East Coast legs of the tour. In the spring of 2014, Battleme toured the US in support of Future Runs Magnetic, opening for The Toadies and The Supersuckers on three US legs. The video for the first single, Just Weight, premiered on Filter. The record was released to positive reviews from such outlets as Magnet Magazine, USA Today and American Songwriter with American Songwriter stating, "a timeless collection of rock anthems." He went into the studio in April to work on his 2nd full-length album with producer Doug Boehm (Girls, Guided By Voices, Tokyo Police Club). In the spring of 2013, Drenik left Trashy Moped Recordings and signed with El Camino Media, an LA imprint headed by former EMI VP of Publishing Matt Messer. He remained working with them through 7 seasons of the series. Drenik began appearing with The Forest Rangers on multiple original cuts for the show. On DecemEsquire Magazine picked the Battleme / Thiele collaboration "Lights" as one of the 10 Best Songs of the Week, stating, "Because if the Flaming Lips had written an original song for their Dark Side of the Moon live shows, this is what it might've sounded like.". Battleme's collaboration with Bob Thiele (Sons of Anarchy, Forest Rangers) on songs "Time" and "Lights" was released on November 19, 2012, on the Sons of Anarchy Volume II soundtrack via Columbia Records. Several Battleme songs appeared in Sons of Anarchy season 3, including a cover version of Neil Young's " Hey Hey, My My," which has received over 42 million YouTube views and an assortment of remixes by the likes of Stefan Biniak and others. That same year, the band also appeared at Music Fest NW (Portland, OR), Capitol Hill Block Party (Seattle, WA), SXSW (Austin, Texas) and Lobster Fest (LA, CA) in 2012. On March 8, 2012, the video for Battleme single "Touch" made its premiere on MTV Buzzworthy. The record consisted of six previously recorded concrete folk numbers. In conjunction to working on the full-length record, Drenik released a quieter solo EP, Big Score, on his own imprint Get Loud. The two began working on the final version of the record in the fall of 2010 with Turner producing. Thomas Turner of Ghostland Observatory responded and signed Drenik to his Trashy Moped Recordings label. After tracking over 40 songs, the record was narrowed down to 10 and sent out.
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He built a studio in the basement of his house and began recording the demos of what would become Battleme's self-titled debut full length. In the summer of 2010, Drenik relocated to Portland, Oregon to solely focus on the project. These spurts of lo-fi acoustic folk produced numerous songs that began to see Drenik breaking away from the heavy psychedelic outfits he'd previously played in, one of which "No Time For Blood" was featured on NPR's KUT "Song of the Day." Battleme (2012) Battleme first appeared in the season 2 finale of Sons of Anarchy on FX Network with the song, "Burn This Town." It was a departure from the guitar heavy band Lions that Drenik fronted.
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