During this time, the band continued to tour, write and record music, and became a part of Chris Stamey’s “mod squad,” a famed group of studio / touring musicians around Stamey’s studio, Modern Recording. Roman Candle band members toured in support of Stamey’s records, “A Question of Temperature” (with Yo la Tengo) and “Travels in the South”.
Also during this time the band was discovered by famed BBC DJ, Bob Harris and invited to play multiple times on BBC Radio 2.

In 2006 V2 Records bought “The Wee Hours Revue” masters from Hollywood and released the record to widespread acclaim in June 2006 — including praise from The Boston Globe, Pitchfork Media, and making Paste’s Top 100 album’s of 2006 — They were no. 38. Editor of Paste (magazine) Josh Jackson even cited the album as one of the top 10 most overlooked albums of 2006. Even as late after the release as April 2007, Harp Magazine, journalist Mark Kemp named The Wee Hours Revue One of the best roots-rock records of the decade. The band toured throughout 2006 in support of the record, including tours with The Whigs, The Avett Brothers, Bird Monster, Indigo Girls, Aimee Mann, The Psychedelic Furs and a date at Radio City Music Hall.

In 2007 they continued to tour the U.S. and the U.K., including a pair of live performances on BBC radio 2. The band recorded their follow up, “Oh Tall Tree in the Ear,” in the fall /winter of 2008 with grammy nominated engineer and producer Jason Lehning (The Silver Seas, Alison Krauss). The album is set to be released May 12, 2009. The title is taken from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus.

In November 2008, the band signed to a Carnival Music, and announced they would be releasing 4 eps, leading up to the release of their next full-length. The first of these ep’s, “Eden was a Garden” was released in digital and vinyl formats on Dec. 4, 2008

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