Hurry began as a solo project for principal songwriter Matt Scottoline, bassist of emo revival band Everyone Everywhere.

He wrote the first ten to twenty Hurry songs as a way to write his own material and play guitar rather than bass.

[3] After releasing the demos, Scottoline recruited other musicians to perform the songs live, including Everyone Everywhere guitarist Brendan McHugh and Univox bassist Rob DeCarolis on drums.

[5] Its accompanying music video features the band attempting to set a world record for fireworks launched off a guitar, though the record-setting display is blocked by Rob DeCarolis standing in front of the camera.

[9] The record is their first as a quartet with the addition of guitarist Justin Fox,[10] who joined the band in August 2019 for live performances.