Guitarist James "Jimmi" Lawrence committed suicide during the mixing of the album in January 2004.

[7] All four singles were accompanied by promotional music videos, directed by creative design collective Type2error.

[9] Released to mostly enthusiastic critical acclaim upon release,[1] reviewers praised the band's balance of intense post-rock bombast and anthemic post-Britpop dynamics, while criticism was directed at lead singer Samuel Herlihy's lack of vocal range and the band's dour sound.

[7] All tracks are written by Hope of the States (Samuel Herlihy, Simon Jones, James Lawrence, Michael Siddell, Anthony Theaker and Paul Wilson)After "1776" ends and a period of roughly five minutes of silence, the hidden track "A Crack-Up at the Race Riots" can be found.

The name of the song is based on a book by Harmony Korine, and for legal reasons, the band couldn't include it as a proper track.