The album incorporates many folk elements within the main indie sound which resounds throughout.

The album also reflects many elements of the writers' early childhood dreams, tales of their love life and desperation of youth.

The Magic Numbers began recording the album in late 2004 at the Metropolis Studios in Chiswick.

[5] The album was co-produced by Romeo Stodart and American producer Craig Silvey.

[6] The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2005, but lost to Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now.