In the first official leg in the promotion of the `` Appeal to Reason '' album , the band was supported Supporting by Alkaline Trio , Thrice and The Gaslight Anthem through all the US ( with some Canadian dates ) , this was followed by a series of Canadian dates in December , supported Supporting by Thursday and Sage Francis .

Additional band members include Cause_to_be_included or have included Cause_to_be_included Cass McCombs , Kevin Morby , Wilco ’ s Nels Cline , Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ’ s Alec Ounsworth , The Dap-Kings ’ Binky Griptite , Fruit Bats ' Eric D. Johnson ( formerly of The Shins ) , Blitzen Trapper ’ s Eric Earley , The Low Anthem ’ s Jocie Adams , Vetiver ’ s Andy Cabic , The Long Winters ’ John Roderick , Nada Surf ’ s Ira Elliot , Apollo Sunshine ’ s Jeremy Black , Nicole Atkins , Guster ’ s Ryan Miller , The Parkington Sisters , Delta Spirit ’ s Matt Vasquez , Rob Burger , Scott McMicken and Eric Slick of Dr. Dog , and Ian Ball of Gomez .