[citation needed] "Forgiveness" was posted online as a free MP3 in anticipation of the band's upcoming debut.
[2] It was promoted with a full-band tour running into July, which was co-headlined with Rescue, and an appearance at the Smashachusetts festival.
[4] In January 2007, Nanna went to Seattle to record a number of songs at Red Room, with the intention of releasing a double-disc set of 30 to 60 tracks.
[7][8] The City on Film's sound is generally lighter, slower, and more cerebral than that of either Braid or Hey Mercedes.
There are several lyrical connections and similarities across all three acts (e.g. in Hey Mercedes' "Frowning of a Lifetime", the line the lady's a raven / new Elenora Fagan compares with our baby will be a raven / we'll name her Elenora Fagan from The City on Film's "How a Helicopter Sounds").