Pre-production sessions took place in Nashville with producer Blue Miller, and the final album recording sessions took place at Bay 7 Studios in Valley Village and Media Vortex in Burbank, California with producer Nick Launay.

The opening track is a spoken poem written by Justin Furstenfeld and recited by Blue Miller.

[4] Ryan Smith sings the female backing vocals on "The Answer" and "Balance Beam."

The cover art was inspired by Peter Gabriel's music videos for "Sledgehammer" and “Digging in the Dirt”.

All tracks written by Justin Furstenfeld except for "James", cowritten with Matt Noveskey.