Their new album, titled Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, was released September 25, 2007. The album's first single, "The Pretender", was issued to radio stations for play in early August.
The second single, "Long Road to Ruin", was released on December 3, 2007, supported by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Jesse Peretz.
Not long after completing the recording sessions for the album, the band participated in Live Earth at Wembley Stadium in London, England, performing the penultimate set of the night. Later that summer, the band headlined V Festival 2007, including a surprise acoustic set on the Channel 4 stage under the name 606.
On February 10, 2008, the band performed "The Pretender" at the Grammy Awards, with John Paul Jones conducting the accompanying orchestra.
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