[3] With the exception of Paolo Menuez––who attended Hampshire College––group members were students at Bennington College[1] who moved into a remote house in western Massachusetts in the town of Montague.

[1][8][9][4] Greenberg brought in musical friends including Martin Zimmermann, who had been heavily influenced by Bennington teacher and jazz percussionist Milford Graves.

[7] The name Bobby does not describe an actual person but rather a fictional character who was a "wayward founding member" who never played with the band but whose "spirit lingers over the project.

Some members, past and present, have worked with other established bands, including Molly Sarlé and Amelia Meath of Mountain Man.

[14][15] The New York Times music critic Nate Chinen wrote that the band was "drowning in reverb" and that "almost every song felt blurred around the edges and muffled at the center.

"[16] MVRemix described the album as "a lush, full spectrum exploration of frequency and timbrel layering" with "tender harmonies ... above rich textures.