[3] In February 2011, while on their first American tour, the band worked music producer Jason Rubal, recording the album at his studio, Seventh Wave, in Pennsylvania.

In April 2011, a music video for the song "Through Ten Walls", additionally directed by Kelly Marriot, and featuring the band playing in a dimly lit, cramped and crumbling basement, was released.

"[7] Inspired by the horror films The Hills Have Eyes and The Wickerman, the video portrays Mishkin Fitzgerald and the rest of the band being taken captive in the woods by a group of strange, masked people.

[15] Ben Graham of the Quietus described Fitzgerald's vocals as "softly seductive yet fiercely demanding you keep your distance, shifting suddenly from a whispery falsetto to a deep menacing growl".

"[16] Joachim Brookes of the German publication Rock Times called the album "captivating" and noted its "drama" and "apocalyptic mood", praising Fitzgerald as a "brilliant composer and pianist" as well as her "colleagues who are able to act on an equal footing.