The album was the fifth release by the then newly formed label,[1] founded in 2001 by Joe Mallon and Sue Trowbridge, who had a long acquaintance with Miller and his bands.

Drummer Dawn Richardson had recently left the group, and for the 1996 tour supporting the release of Interbabe Concern, she was replaced by Mike Tittel, currently leader of the Ohio-based band New Sincerity Works.

The album includes cover versions of "Debaser" by The Pixies, "When You Sleep" by My Bloody Valentine and "Here Come The Warm Jets" by Brian Eno.

"[6] The review cited the album's opening medley with "dark, ominous keyboards ... and a throat-shredding Miller vocal; it's the sound of a band who’d explode if they hadn’t gotten to play those songs at that minute.

"[6] According to Scram magazine's Kim Cooper, the live CD showed the band's "rough, antagonistic power" and "their willingness to take Scott's songs in their teeth and shake 'em silly, all of which made the fundamental prettiness of the music seem more touching and fragile," leading up to "a closing salvo that left me breathless and punching the replay button.