The album was written during a traumatic period in Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley's life; His partner disappeared after a psychotic episode and returned to her family leaving Heasley to look after his three children.

[2][1] The recordings were then sent to producer Michael Musmanno, who finished the tracks with session musicians.

[1] Patrick Rapa of the Philadelphia City Paper described it as "one of Heasley's finest yet—10 occasionally noisy, often catchy rock songs".

"[4] Mark Edwards of the Sunday Times identified the album's diversity as one of its strengths.

[5] Eugene P. Sorricraft from the Highbold Press declared it, "a wonderful expulsion of everything that is otherwise lacking in this sad world".