on radio and was later included in commercials for hit films such as Chocolat and The Notebook in addition to an appearance on an episode of Charmed. The second single "Now I Can Die" did not perform as well, but the third single, a radio-only single titled "2003", performed better despite having little promotion and no video. Gordon toured with David Gray as an opening act, and did a headlining tour with Paloalto. Tonight and the Rest of My Life peaked at a disappointing 123 on the Billboard Top 200. However, it floated around the mid-100s for months, and sold close to 300,000 copies in the U.S. and 50,000 in Japan. 2002–2011: Bleeding Heart Graffiti and career hiatus In the early 2000s, Gordon and Post reconciled via email, but the two did not work together professionally for years afterward. Post recruited new musicians for Veruca Salt, and the band released studio albums in 2000 and 2006 without Gordon. After Gordon finished promoting Tonight and the Rest of My Life in late 2001, she took a break and began writing material for her second solo album. However, she did not get into the studio again until late 2003, and Gordon said it was because she wanted to write a lot of great material. To tide fans over, Gordon released b-side material from Tonight on her website and a demo for a song called "The Time Comes", which was featured in the independent film Stealing Innocence. Around that time, she moved to California. Gordon began recording her second album with Ethan Johns in late 2003, and via her website stated she was excited with the direction the album was going, even though it was very mellow and sad. Gordon finished recording with Johns in early 2004 and stated that she had named it Even the Sunbeams. A few months later, Gordon admitted she was unhappy with the album and she was not going to release it. The only song that surfaced from this recording session was "Lighter on the Moon", which was available on Gordon's MySpace page. In April 2006, Gordon said in the Chicago Reader, "It's a really sad and really slow record. I guess that's how I was feeling at the time, but when I sorta snapped out of that, I thought, 'I don't know that I want this to be the album I put out next.' It's really a