"The reason for the name changes from Koen to Smackin' Isaiah, then to A Wilhelm Scream was really a matter of them adding new members, and progressing/maturing as a band.

"[4] In 1993, drummer Trevor Reilly, guitarist John Carvalho and bassist Jonathan Teves formed the band Adam's Crack and recorded a Nirvana-inspired demo cassette.

Under the name Koen, the band released one cassette titled "The Big Fall...", this time with their sound evolving more into skate punk and ska.

In 1997, the band changed its name again, this time to Smackin' Isaiah, and released a cassette titled "Give Girls More Beer...".

After touring the United States and Canada a few times, they then began recording their next album, Mute Print, with Jump Start.

Following stress from touring, founding member Jonathan Teves left the band, and was replaced by bassist Curtiss Lopez.

However, only two weeks before its street date, long-time guitarist Chris Levesque announced that he was leaving the band,[8] elaborating with the following statement: "I have maintained for the duration of my time in Smackin' Isaiah/A Wilhelm Scream that when it stopped being fun, I would give it up.

Following its conclusion, guitarist Trevor Reilly announced in his blog that the band would take a break for the rest of the year, but implied that they would write new songs soon.

[9] In a post to celebrate the new year, the band released b-side "The I Hate ___ Club", which was left off the album at the producers' request.

[12] They took a break from recording in September, however, to support Comeback Kid in their Canadian tour for their upcoming fourth studio album.

It was produced and engineered by Trevor J. Reilly and Mike Supina at Black & Blue Studio in New Bedford, MA[13][14] In an interview on August 18, 2015, A Wilhelm Scream confirmed that they have already started writing on a follow-up to 'Partycrasher'.

Lead guitarist Mike Supina left the band after finishing up A Wilhem Scream's touring commitments in 2018, ending his ten-year run.

Milbank was initially brought on as a session musician for festival dates in Europe but later was confirmed by Trevor to be Supina's full time replacement and would be playing on the upcoming new songs.

In March 2021 Nuno Pereira announced that after a prolonged legal dispute that he, Trevor, and Nick had acquired the rights to all of A Wilhelm Scream's former releases with Nitro Records.

Departing from their previous experience of working with Bill Stevenson and his associated staff at The Blasting Room, the album was recorded fully in guitarist Trevor Reilly’s studio Anchor End in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and produced by the band, while mixing was handled by Paramore producer Kyle Black and mastering was done by Joe Reilly.