"[4] After releasing his self-titled debut EP, Cian Nugent, in 2007, the track When the Snow Melts And Floats Downstream was featured on the Tompkins Square compilation Imaginational Anthem Volume 3.
The tour included performances at Cake Shop, New York, NY, Bookmill, Montague, MA, and The BCA Centre, Burlington, VT.[7] In 2008 the live EP Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter was released by Belgian label audioMER.
[8] The EP was featured on NPR, who wrote: "Inspired by acoustic guitar legends like John Fahey, Nugent plays instrumental folk pieces heavy with nostalgia for early 20th-century American music.
"[12] Writing for AllMusic, music journalist Ned Raggett stated "The various moves from unaccompanied to group effort not only help in making the contrast between the two songs more clear, they introduce a feeling of direct joy.
[20] In February and March 2014, Nugent opened for Angel Olsen on her tour of the US, appearing at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, and (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York.
[25] In March 2016, Nugent went on a tour of the US and Canada with Canadian indie rock band Nap Eyes, including appearances at SXSW, in Austin, Texas,[26] and the 2016 Vancouver Folk Music Festival.