It was the band's first album for ten years and the first to be released on a New Zealand label other than Flying Nun Records.
The rhythm tracks were recorded to analogue at The National Grid studio, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
In New Zealand, the album was released on The Bats' own newly formed Pocket Music label.
It was released in the US by Magic Marker, in Germany by Little Teddy (with different artwork and also on vinyl), in the UK by Egg Records and in Australia by Reverberation.
[citation needed] Tim Sendra at Allmusic gave it 4 stars, writing, "...having the group back at such a high level is as refreshing as a plunge into an ice-cold mountain stream."