Half a Cow switched distributor to Mercury Records, which was followed by a change in 1998 back to Festival Records. In early 2000 Half A Cow ended its relationship with Festival Records and now the label is completely independent and distributed through MGM Distribution. Chatfield moved to Melbourne to pursue touring with Spunk and the label is managed by Dalton. Since its establishment in 1990 Half A Cow has put out over a hundred and forty releases by a long line of bands, including work by Dalton and bands he has been in (such as Sneeze, Godstar, a re-issue of The Plunderers' "Banana
A City by the Light Divided the Shirts for a Cure tour, with support from Minus the Bear, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, and We're All Broken. On March 29, "At This Velocity" was made available for streaming via "Alternative Press". For most of April, the band went on the 2006 edition of the Taste of Chaos tour. However, on April 13, Rickly became ill, resulting in the band dropping off the tour. On April 18, "A City by the Light Divided" was made available for streaming via the band's Myspace profile, and "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" was released to radio. From late April to late May,