transfer between the threads are inherent. For example, as one example of a parallel processing multi-processor of fine threads has been disclosed "Multiscalar Processor (Gurinder S. Sohi, Scott E. Breach and T. N. Vijaykumar, The 22ns International Symposium on Computer Architecture, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995, pp 414-425.
In Multiscalar Processor, a single program is divided into "tasks" as aggregate of basic blocks, and the "tasks" are processed by a processor which can executes those tasks in parallel. Transfer of register contents between "tasks" is designated by a task descriptor generated by a task compiler.
In the task descriptor, a register which may be generated is explicitly designated. This designation is referred to as create mask. On the other hand, for an instruction updating the register finally designated by thewas produced by Dan Muckala.

The Afters announced a new album to be released on April 17, 2012. A month later, they released a new single entitled "Life is Beautiful" on iTunes, in which the song was part of the soundtrack for the movie October Baby. On February 19, 2013, a new single, "Every Good Thing", became available on iTunes. The new album's title was Life is Beautiful.

On August 28, 2015, the band released "Live on Forever", the lead single from Live on Forever, their fifth studio album set for release in late 2016 on Fair Trade Records.

In 2018, The Afters' new single, "The Beginning and Everything After" appeared on the Billboard 100. It was followed by "Fear No More" in November.

Band members 
Current members
 Joshua Havens - lead