[12] Stockdale began recording some parts of the song and subsequently played it later in the year with drummer Dave Atkins,[12] who joined the band as a full-time member in 2009.

[13] The song received its live debut, along with "The Violence of the Sun", "Monolith" and "Inside the Mountain", on 12 April 2008 when the band played their first gig in nine months at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

[17] Outside of Australia, "Back Round" was also released as a downloadable single in Belgium,[18] Denmark,[19] Finland,[20] France,[21] Germany,[22] Italy,[23] Japan,[24] the Netherlands,[25] New Zealand,[26] Norway,[27] Portugal,[28] Spain,[29] Sweden,[30] Switzerland,[31] and the United Kingdom.

[3] Rinjo Njori of music blog Earvolution.com likened the song to the band's older material, claiming it holds up well next to "Woman", and compared it to the work of Cream, Black Sabbath and Soundgarden.

[33] Independent website Altsounds.com introduced the song as a "rollicking behemoth of timeless rock n roll", going on to praise it as "A liberating avalanche of skull-crushing drums and primal riffing [...] a joyous evolution for the Australian band";[34] while American newspaper The Herald was equally optimistic, suggesting that "The new lineup sounds ready to deliver the goods based on 'Back Round'".