On December 14, 2008, the band announced by Myspace bulletin that their fourth album would be released by March 31, 2009. The name of the new album, A Shipwreck in the Sand , was announced on January 29, 2009, when the band concluded a viral marketing campaign by announcing the track listing via an album website, also revealing it would be a concept album . Along with the demo of “Broken Stars”, which the band had been performing during their final U.S. tour in support of “Arrivals and Departures”, short clips of the songs ” Vices “, “Born Dead” and “American Dream” were made available on MySpace. On March 17, the band filmed a music video for “Vices” with director Robby Starbuck. Later, on March 23, 2009, the band posted the full album to stream on their official MySpace page.
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