[1] Rhein had met Jones, a Louisiana native doing postgraduate studies for classical saxophone, while both were working with Indiana University's Soul Revue.

Rhein and Frazer would later bring in the two other members of their blues rock band Charlie Patton's War, bassist Kyle Houpt and organist Justin Hubler, to form The Indications.

[4] In 2015, the band was approached by Ohio soul label Colemine Records about releasing an album of music from their earlier sessions.

[13] During July and August 2018, the band recorded their second album in Brooklyn, New York and focused on developing a "vocal group sound.

The ten track album was recorded in New York City at Diamond Mine and features a more disco and modern soul-inspired sound.

[22] The album was written and produced by Jones, Frazer, Rhein, and Okonski with contributions from bassist Michael Montgomery as well as arrangers Ginger Dolden and Peter Lanctot, harpist Brandee Younger, and Eli "Paperboy" Reed, among others.