Before singer Jeremy Enigk officially joined Sunny Day Real Estate, he was asked by drummer William Goldsmith, who knew Enigk from high school, to join him on a project called Thief, Steal Me a Peach, with Sunny Day guitarist Dan Hoerner on bass and vocals and Enigk on guitar and vocals. This was drummer Goldsmith and Hoerner’s project while bassist Nate Mendel was on tour with his band Christ on a Crutch. As Thief, Steal Me A Peach, the band wrote 6 songs before Mendel returned from tour, when the band got back together as Sunny Day Real Estate with Enigk as their new frontman. As the new Sunny Day Real Estate, with the 6 songs from Thief, Steal Me A Peach, they went on to write songs Seven, 8, and 9, making 8 the second song written by the band with Jeremy as their official frontman. Song #8 and Song #9 were released on a 7" single in 1993, which was given the Thief, Steal Me A Peach name. The song was re-recorded for their 1995 self-titled album. The unreleased recordings of 8 and 9 from the Diary sessions later appeared as bonus tracks on the 2009 reissue of Diary.