[3] Most notably, front-man Max Bemis confessed that the forthcoming album features production that had been unprecedented to the band - the album features no guitars, and instead replaces traditional guitar-based riffs with orchestral string arrangements while maintaining the punk-influenced drive that has been attributed to the band in the past.

"[6] Furthermore, Bemis spoke covertly about the new record, claiming it to be "kind of a big shift for us in certain ways...some really crazy arrangements.

It's definitely giving me a lot of time to tastefully arrange things that I wouldn't have necessarily had the time to do..."[8] The record features several guest appearances by the singers of various indie rock, punk rock and emo bands: Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, Aaron Weiss of mewithoutyou, Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 and Angels & Airwaves, Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect, Chris Conley of Saves the Day, Gareth and Kim Campesinos of Los Campesinos!, Bob Nanna of Braid, Jon Simmons of Balance and Composure, Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms and Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré.

Additionally, the record features all the members of the band Eisley: Bemis' wife, Sherri DuPree-Bemis, her sisters Stacy and Chauntelle, brother Weston and cousin Garron.

Stephanie Vaughan of Substream Magazine was highly positive, commending the album on pushing boundaries both lyrically and aesthetically.