The band released the album on July 24, 2007, to all ten Bull Moose Music stores across the state the day of a special in-store acoustic performance.

Lyrically, the album is mainly similar to other Rustic Overtones releases, with many songs, such as "Black Leather Bag" and "Carnival", telling the cryptic and often nonsensical stories of romantic situations.

"Light at the End" has mainly inspirational lyrics, saying that "all things they turn around", perhaps symbolizing the band's hopes that they will succeed now that they are back together.

Light at the End became the fastest selling local album in Maine history, according to Bull Moose Music, breaking the record previously held by the band's 2001 release, ¡Viva Nueva!.

The CD was at the top of the store's sales charts for weeks, beating other summer hits from bands such as White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins and T.I.

"Rock Like War" received large amounts of airtime from WCYY, and was consistently in the station's "Top 5 at 5" contest (in which fans vote online for their favorite songs) for weeks after its release, usually at number one or two.

It also has a new track listing, omitting "Black Leather Bag" and adding "Valentines Day Massacre", the same version featuring Imogen Heap that was first included on ¡Viva Nueva!, between "Light at the End" and "Happy".