On August 18, 2008, the band was announced alongside We the Kings and Hey Monday as supporting acts for The Academy Is... on their Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour, beginning on October 1 at the Amos Southend in Charlotte and finishing on November 23 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo.

[1] On June 24, 2009, the band were announced alongside OneRepublic as special guests for the North American leg of Rob Thomas' Cradlesong Tour, starting on September 23 at Hollywood's Hard Rock Live and finishing on November 12 at New York City's Beacon Theatre.

[2] On August 21, the band was announced as a special guest alongside Taking Back Sunday for the University of Alabama's Fall Concert on September 18 at the Coleman Coliseum.

"[7] Nicole Frehsee of Rolling Stone called the band's musicianship of combining the "anthemic elements" of U2 and the Killers with Max Martin's production "pretty but a little confused.

"[6] Ryan Dombal, writing for Blender, called the record's track listing "a handful of skyscraping, modern-rock behemoths", noting that Chad Wolf's lyrical artistry is "shamelessly straightforward" and that "every processed guitar chord and slick keyboard line steamrolls over the artlessness and emphasizes the universality in his tales.