The compact disc issue is a handmade card sleeve made from recycled cardboard, with artwork that is derived from Thomas Moran's Entrance to the Grand Canal and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's The Gypsies.

"[1] The music video for "Dylan Thomas" displays footage of the ocean washing over rocks, the sky, traffic and birds, and was filmed at Shetland Islands, Edinburgh, the coast of Oregon and roads across the United States.

[2] Attendre et Espérer contains adapted lyrics and readings from literary works, including "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Manalive by G.K. Chesterton, "And did those feet in ancient time" by William Blake and "If I Should Die" by Emily Dickinson.

"[2] In a review of Attendre et Espérer for PopMatters, Jonathan Frahm says "between the sonic wonder, though, are the real meat and potatoes of the Duke of Norfolk's inner workings–a beating heart and a conscious mind."

He notes "Shema," "a jangly indie folk number, belays an infectious, rootsy arrangement about its listeners as it pulls them further into a story that hinges itself on Howard's own reflections on grief.