"[3] Hannigan decided to leave Dublin and travelled to Paris where she resided for a number of months.

[4] She then travelled onwards to London in an effort to overcome a period of writer's block and hoping her new adventure would inspire her to begin songwriting again.

The work of Irish poet Seamus Heaney inspired her songwriting,[3] to the point that one of his poems Anahorish appears on the album.

Themes of friendship, bereavement, homesickness and a new life in a vast city such as London have all inspired the album songs.

Writing for Exclaim!, Laura Stanley praised the album, calling it "a dream you won't want to wake up from".

[19] A European tour was confirmed for autumn 2016 with dates in Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands.