Building", a short introductory song akin to "City of Gainesville", bookends the party song "This One Is Going to Leave a Bruise" and the aggressive closing track, "Devil in My DNA". The latter was reminiscent of the work of NOFX. Release On April 23, 2008, GNV FLA was announced for release in two months' time; its track listing was posted online. Shortly afterwards, the band appeared at The Bamboozle festival. "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" was posted online on May 26, 2008, followed by "Abandon Ship" two weeks later. Preceded by a few shows with the Swellers, Mustard Plug and Suburban Legends, the band went on the Sleep It Off Tour with Goldfinger, Westbound Train, Suburban Legends, and Big D and the Kids Table until August 2008. GNV FLA was made available for streaming, as well as being released on June 24 through Sleep It Off Records. Fiorello's idea for the artwork was taking black-and-white photographs and adding on top "this world that's around Gainesville that you wouldn't necessarily see to the naked eye, but that's there, this sort of hyper-reality". When he contacted Richard Minino of production company Horsebites with this concept in mind, Minino was enthusiastic about the project. It was distributed in the UK through the label Cooking Vinyl. "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" was released as a single on June 30, with "All Time Low" and a demo of "Handshake Meets Pokerface" as the B-sides; a music video was released for the "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" on August 4, 2008. Following this, Less Than Jake appeared at the Pukkelpop festival. In September and October 2008, the band performed some shows with Rancid and other shows with the Ergs!. They went on a Canadian tour with Reel Big Fish, the Flatliners, and the Real Deal. After appearing at The Fest, "Abandon Ship" was released as a single on November 3. On November 11, 2008, a deluxe 7" vinyl box set edition of the album was released. It featured demo, live or acoustic versions of songs on the album, as well as B-sides from the singles. In addition, it included a copy of the album on CD, a poster and a DVD that featured live and studio footage of the band. In February and March 2009, the band toured Australia as part of the Soundwave festival, and then appeared at the Harvest of Hope