the band talked about the release of their third album with fans on a forum on 18 august 2008. the album then was made available for pre-order in many formats - an mp3 download with the cd release on 27 october 2008. "trojan horse", a song from the album, was made available to stream through "nme"'s website. on 20 august 2008, the band added more album tracks, "signs" and "one month off", as well as "trojan horse", to their myspace profile. on 23-24 august, 2008, the band played concerts at the reading and leeds festivals. the band played set-opener "mercury", as well as album track "one month off". a concert like that one followed a week later on 30 august 2008, when the band played as the main act at the hydro connect music festival, in argyll, scotland.