On May 22, 2006, the album's track listing was posted online. Four songs from the forthcoming album were posted on the band's
Myspace profile on June 29, 2006. In July 2006, the band went on a headlining tour of the US, with support from
Make Believe and LaSalle. "Dorothy at Forty" was released as a single on July 11, 2006; it included the non-album tracks "The Bitter End" and "The Censor". The music video for "Dorothy at Forty" was posted online on August 3, 2006. On August 21, 2006,
Happy Hollow was made available for streaming through their Myspace, prior to its release the following day through
Saddle Creek Records. In September 2006, the band went on a tour of Japan with
the Velvet Teen. Following this, they toured across the US until November 2006, with support from
the Thermals, Ladyfinger,
Detachment Kit,
Chin Up Chin Up,
Eastern Youth,
the Cops, and
Jeremy Enigk. On March 6, 2007, the music video "Big Bang" was posted online. In May 2007, Cursive supported
Against Me! and
Mastodon on their co-headlining US tour. In October 2007, the band announced that drummer Clint Schnase had left the band to focus on his family. On November 27, 2007, a music video was released for "Bad Sects". In early 2008, the band appeared at the
Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco, California. In April 2008, the band went on a tour with Capgun Coup; the trek included performances at Not Brooklyn Fest and
Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival. This album came with a download code to download the songs in mp3 format directly from
Saddle Creek Records. Pre-orders of the album came with a miniature license plate that had a code to download a bonus track entitled "No News Is Bad News". ==Reception==