[15] "The Ghost Inside", also featuring the eponymous Broken Bells track and "Meyrin Fields", was released in 2010.

Alongside space pop,[16] Broken Bells leans into "sparkling [and] dense" folk rock.

[10] Baroque pop flourishes feature highly, from "Mongrel Heart"'s mariachi trumpet to the Beach Boys-recalling vocals of "Your Head Is On Fire".

[9] In addition to the standard edition of the album, a deluxe version was released, designed as a music box.

[18] The music video for "The Ghost Inside" featured actress Christina Hendricks and was inspired by 1970s science fiction and the "Golden Age of Hollywood".