[1] The album's launch took place over three sold-out nights in Whelan's of Wexford St, Dublin and was broadcast live on national radio.

Since the release of the album, O'Rourke has completed multiple sell-out nationwide Irish tours, the second of these culminating in a full capacity show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre in March 2005.

Snow Patrol's lead singer, Gary Lightbody, gave a very positive review of O'Rourke's second album, a preview copy of which, he revealed, the band had been listening to backstage.

And, on his recent mini-residency at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Weller invited O'Rourke on stage as a special guest to perform a duet of "Galileo".

Big Bad Beautiful World beat its forerunner by debuting at number 4 in the Irish charts, but unlike Since Kyabram it was released in Ireland alone.

It is based on the true story of the Collyer brothers, a pair of hermits in New York, who in the 1940s were found dead amid mountains of rubbish they had hoarded in their Harlem brownstone.

[5] The album garnered attention from national media outlets, The Wall Street Journal, Spin, American Songwriter, Travel & Leisure, NPR’s World Café and USA Today.

From Oct 2014 to Sept 2015, O’Rourke decided to try something completely new, releasing a brand new track every month exclusively to subscribers of his mailing list and followers on social media platforms.

[7] Gold Bars in the Sun was largely composed of songs featured in the Howlin’ Lowly Moons project, and included ‘Lets Make Big Love’ a duet with John Prine.

[10] Mick McGoldrick, Dermot Byrne, Floriane Blancke, Jack Maher, Chris Herzberger, Catriona Frost, Rob Calder and John Sheahan all feature on the album.

Swedish pop singer Peter Jöback recorded O'Rourke's "(I Can See) A Little Something" for his eleventh studio album East Side Stories released in 2009.

In 2016, Christy Moore interpreted Declan's song, 'Lightning Bird Wind River Man' featuring the track on his album, 'Lily' released by Sony Records.