In an interview with Sonic Cathedral, Halstead said, "I wasn't writing for an album at that point, just messing 'round with an acoustic and listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons...

The band, joined by former Chapterhouse guitarist Simon Rowe, convened at Blackwing Studios in southeast London and recorded three more songs to complete the album track listing.

The Irish Times noted that "there's loads of slide guitar, slow piano and brushed drums and the whole thing sounds as if Stephen Ryan and Tindersticks have got together for a lo fi jam.

"[3] AllMusic reviewer Ned Raggett stated, "Arguably it remains the group's high point, flashes of inspiration here and there; as the band grew more straightforwardly authentic and less swathed in an aural cocoon, much of their uniqueness went with them.

Here, though, both Goswell and Halstead – along with drummer Ian McCutcheon (more often than not using brushes), pianist Christopher Andrews, and some guests – tapped into a drowsy beauty that ran parallel to the burgeoning alt-country movement without completely sounding like it yet".