In an interview broadcast on NPR's Talk of the Nation on April 22, 2009, Deacon stated that the word "Bromst" had no meaning other than being the title of the album.

The album was produced by Chester Gwazda and tracked mainly in Baltimore and was mixed at SnowGhost Studio in Whitefish, Montana.

The lineup of the ensemble was:[4] Percussion: Synthesizers, keyboards, and electronics: Guitars: Deacon embarked on a North American tour in the spring of 2009 where he performed with a 14-piece band, similar to the one above.

[citation needed] Nitsuh Abebe of Pitchfork praised the album, awarding it with Best New Music.

Comparing the album to Deacon’s Spiderman of the Rings, Abebe writes of Bromst: "The palette is richer, the samples smoother, the space larger, the programming slightly less buzzy.