The album has an Antipodean theme and features songs Palmer wrote about, or while in, Australia and New Zealand, throughout her early 2010 Australasian tour.

The first single "Map of Tasmania" featuring The Young Punx, was released on Palmer's Bandcamp music website.

[5] A remix of the song was also created, including an altered music video featuring a cameo from Canadian electronic musician Peaches.

The album has received a score of 74/100 on media aggregate site Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[8] Simon Price of The Independent called the album "touching, witty, and like everything else the Bostonian ever does, brilliant"[11] Kyle Ryan of The A.V.