The band spent the next year writing its full-length album, Moonlight Survived,[7] but changed name to Moments in Grace in June 2003, shortly before it was recorded.
Moments in Grace toured North America extensively in promotion of its releases,[11] accompanied by such bands as My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, Finger Eleven, Thrice, Silverstein, Funeral for a Friend, Alexisonfire, From First to Last, Smile Empty Soul, Bayside, Hot Water Music, Darkest Hour, Further Seems Forever, Poison the Well, A Thorn for Every Heart, Steriogram, Thornley, Strata, Brandtson, Planes Mistaken for Stars, The Jealous Sound, Beloved, Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, Noise Ratchet, Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers, Vaux, Engine Down, Statistics, June, Madcap, The Kicks, Don't Look Down, Decahedron and The Last Great Liar.
[14][15][5] The name "Postcard Audio" was originally to be used as the title of Griffith's then-new fourteen-song album, which had been scheduled for release through Computer Club Records in the fall of 2001.
[1][17] The new band was immediately signed to Computer Club Records and its founder, Jake Brown (formerly of Twothirtyeight), joined as its bass guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist.
[13] Five songs, "No Angels", "Don't Be", "Eddie", "Clouds at Jestu" and "Steps", were released on the band's eponymous debut extended play in July 2002 through Computer Club Records.
[1][25] While taking a break from tracking, The Liar's Academy guitarist Matt Smith was listening to Postcard Audio's extended play when the music caught McTernan's attention.
[29][30][31] In early November 2002, Postcard Audio began working with McTernan and announced that it would take a hiatus from playing shows to focus on the extended writing of its full-length album,[7] hoping to enter Salad Days recording studio in March 2003 (though this was ultimately delayed by several months).
[34][9] In late June 2003,[8][37] Postcard Audio was renamed Moments in Grace; the new name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Drink Deep" by Rites of Spring.
[38] A second tour paired with The Last Great Liar took the two bands up the East Coast of the United States, from Florida to New York and back, spanning August 26 to September 9, 2003.
[42][43] Unhappy with the way the full-length sounded, the band returned to Salad Days in November 2003 to re-record some of the material, record a couple of extra songs, and fully re-mix the release.
[46][48] In November 2003, Moments in Grace became clients of public relations firm Earshot Media and signed for exclusive representation with Ryan Harlacher's booking agency Pinnacle Entertainment.
[46][53] In promotion of These Days Will Fade, Moments in Grace hit the road across the Southern United States, from Florida to California, spanning December 10–17, 2003.
[6] A tour with Engine Down, Statistics and Decahedron,[57][58][59] spanning from January 31 to February 19, 2004, took the bands through the East Coast, South and Midwest of the United States.
[67][74] On March 23, 2004, Atlantic Records re-issued These Days Will Fade through all major digital retailers and also pressed a limited amount of promotional compact discs.
[85] In promotion of the split 7-inch vinyl, which also featured a cover art designed by Shelby Cinca, webzine Ultimate Guitar held a giveaway contest for five winners to receive a record and a signed poster.
[86][87] Moments in Grace reunited with Smile Empty Soul for a three-week tour of the Midwest and Northeast United States, from June 2–20, 2004,[88][89] accompanied by Steriogram.
[99][100] Moments in Grace next joined Van's Warped Tour for a series of performances across the Southern and West Coast United States, from June 25 to July 11, 2004.
[101][102][103] The band played on the Punkrocks.net stage and held a giveaway contest in cooperation with Alternative Press, of prizes including iTunes gift certificates, iPods, and an Apple 14-inch iBook G4 to fans who signed up to its mailing list.
[40][109] From July 20 to August 12, 2004, Moments in Grace toured the East Coast and Midwest United States with Finger Eleven, Thornley and Strata.
[116] The double vinyl edition also included three bonus songs: "Curtain Call" and "The Silencing Truth", both taken from the extended play These Days Will Fade, and "Freedom", which was unavailable elsewhere.
[127] In early September 2004, the band posted the song "These Days Will Fade", the only remaining unreleased recording from Moonlight Survived's sixteen-song session, as an exclusive on its PureVolume page.
[130][133] Another one-off show paired Moments in Grace with The Starting Line and Park in Tucson, Arizona on October 11, 2004, while the band travelled to meet up its next tour package.
[144] On its way back home to Florida from the tour with Hot Water Music, Moments in Grace played two shows as part of clothing store Hollister Co.'s promotional event, "Club Cali Presents: The 12 Days of Rock".
[149][150] A week-and-a-half later, Moments in Grace was back on the road for another American West Coast tour, this time with June and Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, spanning from February 4–18, 2005.
[154] Moments in Grace again played in California and Arizona on this tour, at such venues as GameWorks in Tucson, Knitting Factory in Hollywood, and Chain Reaction in Anaheim.