In 2002, Parallel Or 90 Degrees keyboardist Andy Tillison founded the British progressive rock band The Tangent together with Sam Baine, Guy Manning, Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings), Jonas Reingold, Zoltan Csörsz and David JACKSON (Van der Graaf Generator). The band was originally intended to be a one-off side project, but has since produced ten official studio albums and a number of live albums, including 2004's second album The World That We Drive Through. For the recording of this album, The Tangent was joined by saxophonist Theo Travis, who previously worked with Porcupine Tree and is a former member of Soft Cell.

"The World That We Drive Through" is available on vinyl for the first time, in a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on Translucent Green vinyl. It is housed in a clamshell sleeve and contains a 4-page booklet with song lyrics. This version includes the bonus track "Exponence Law", which is over 14 minutes long.