Released by Continental Record Services, the album garnered further attention in Europe and the UK and received positive reviews in publications like The Independent.

The album was tracked on a Studer 16-track 2" analog tape machine intentionally avoiding the use of modern digital recording technology.

The band consisted of Nash's touring lineup from the Barn Doors album cycle, including drummer Josh Fleischmann, Joey and Aaron McClellan on guitar and bass (respectively), and Eric Swanson on pedal steel.

Released by the London label Loose Music on September 30, 2013, the album received generally positive reviews from the European press.

[5][6] In 2014, Rain Plans was released in the US by Loose Music through Nashville based label services company Thirty Tigers.

It quickly became a favorite on NPR[7] and several non-commercial radio stations such as KEXP in Seattle,[8][9] WXPN in Philadelphia, KUTX in Austin,[10] and The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul.