The majority of the album was recorded by Jen de la Osa, Henry Beguiristain, and producer Daniel Nicholas Daskivich.

Inspiration was drawn from the memoir of exiled Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls (notably the songs "The Urgent Letter", "A Line of Lights", and "To Die at Sea") as well as Jen and Henry's respective histories as children of Cuban exiles.

"[1] For the album's fifth anniversary, Aloud released a version of "Darkest Days" remixed by Charles Newman.

The tour began at the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon in New York and criss-crossed 42 U.S. states (including a stop at SXSW).

All tracks are written by Jen de la Osa and Henry BeguiristainA digital EP was released exclusively to the album's Kickstarter backers on August 10, 2010.