[1][2] The album was recorded over three days in March 2020 in Toronto, with frontwoman Tamara Lindeman singing, producing, playing piano, and leading a lineup consisting of guitarist Christine Bougie, saxophonist and clarinetist Karen Ng, upright bassist Ben Whiteley, pianist and flautist Ryan Driver, and keyboardist Tania Gill.

It has received mostly positive reviews from critics who also frequently compared the album to the band's previous release Ignorance, mainly noting the stark differences between the two despite the songs from both all coming from the same writing sessions in 2018.

[3] The sessions took place five days before Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency over the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,[5] though Lindeman says the virus wasn't on her mind because she expected it to be a "blip" like Toronto's 2003 SARS outbreak.

[7] Both came with music videos directed by Lindeman: "Endless Time" features the singer wandering around a city, singing and occasionally seeking a comforting hug from kind strangers,[8] while "To Talk About" sees her on a beach and among an expanse of green plants.

The album "brings listeners so close to Lindeman that they can hear her feet on the piano pedals as a small crew of improvisers from Toronto's jazz scene provide intuitive extensions of her emotions and melodies.

"[12] American Songwriter's Hal Horowitz compares the album to Laura Nyro's New York Tendaberry and Joni Mitchell's Blue with its "ten contemplative, almost wincingly personal slow songs".