[15] Z Berg of the Like, Sherri DuPree and Stacy King of Eisley, and singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata all appear on this album.

[2] Cassadaga debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in the US, and sold about 58,000 copies in its first week.

[19] The first single from the album, "Four Winds", can be heard in the background briefly during the party scene in the 2008 film Cloverfield.

One particular segment of text located on the back of the case includes a phrase in Russian: "тяните другую кровавую ванну", "draw another bloody bath", a reference to the first track's lyrics.

Another hidden phrase is in (incorrect) Greek: "παρελθόν παρουσιάζω μέλλον", "the past presents the future", which is also the title of an album by Her Space Holiday, with whom Bright Eyes released a split single.