Their second Dualtone album, "Weather and Water", was released on June 28, 2005. Warned stated that during the recording sessions, Dualtone Records let them record what they wanted, with no interference or changes requested. In a review of "Weather and Water" in "The Washington Post", it was noted that on this album, unlike their debut, the focus was on the music supporting lyrics, rather than the blues virtuosity of "Movin' On". All three members of the band sang on "Weather and Water", but Young's voice was noted for its "dreamy, haunting quality". Their music through the "Weather and Water" album had been called Celtic-influenced and bluegrass-flavored by John Lehndorff of the "Rocky Mountain News", but he noted that the band had a distinctly American sound despite their overseas origins. In early 2005, The Greencards performed at South by Southwest in Austin for the first time, and afterwards made their debut at the prestigious MerleFest.