in japan, the "freedom lovin' people" ep preceded the album. it was released there on 23 may 2007. the lead track from this release was the album track "great dictator (of the free world)" and a rough animatic-style video was used to promote the song on japanese music stations. in the uk, the first single from the album was "second sight" released on 13 august 2007, reaching no. 101 on the uk singles chart. the single was promoted with a pro-shot video featuring the band as characters from the sherlock holmes stories.