The band spent the following years working on their fifth record, "Supporting Caste". During the recording sessions, Hannah stated that to his ears the record "resemble a nuclear-powered space-age composite of "Potemkin City Limits", "Less Talk More Rock", Giant Son's "Anthology" and a carefully measured dose of "Today's Empires Tomorrow's Ashes"". The band created a web page giving fans an option to receive two high-quality songs from the album before its release by donating $1 to $10 to one of three activist organizations which they supported. The page also linked to various pre-orders of the album. It was officially released on 10 March 2009.