[8] The songs on this album are more folk-oriented with occasional harmonica, bass, drums, banjo and mandolin as opposed to the previous releases which only consisted of acoustic guitar and piano.

[10] In Canada, when the record label put up the album on pre-sale on November 20, 2008, so many fans tried to pre-order it that they crashed the store's website.

Gordon Downie, of The Tragically Hip makes an appearance on the album, lending his vocals to the third verse on the second single, "Sleeping Sickness" which was listed for 9 weeks on the Canadian Hot 100.

[11] The video for "Sleeping Sickness", directed by Montreal-based director Vincent Morisset, was released on June 27, 2008, with an interactive version being available on the group's official website.

[25] At the end of the month, a music video was released for "Sleeping Sickness", which was directed by Vincent Monsset and stars Gordon Downie of the Tragically Hip.

It included new artwork, the original album, a second disc with 14 demo versions, 2 unreleased songs from the sessions and a handwritten booklet with behind-the-scenes photographs from Vanessa Heins.