Produced by Rick Rubin, each release contains two songs featuring an A-side and a B-side and they are available worldwide through 7" vinyl and digital download.
The singles were also released as a double LP vinyl set, entitled I'm Beside You, in November 2013 and was sold exclusively on Record Store Day.
"Long Progression", the B-side to "Strange Man" which was the first single released, almost made the album's final cut but was left off in favor of "Goodbye Hooray".
They have this cohesive thing in the studio – when they get that take, that’s the take that they keep.” “It's always difficult, but we use a democratic process and the songs with the most votes are usually the backbone of the album,” producer Rick Rubin wrote in an email.
The artwork is titled "Iris" and featured in Brookes' new "Meditations on Symmetry" series which was displayed from March 2012 at Compound Project in Malibu, California.
[6][7] Brookes' well-documented background in microbiology, surf culture and folk art combine in explosive prisms of raucous color, bold imagery and timeless motifs.
His work has appeared in countless group shows, art fairs, and magazines such as GQ, Modern Painters, Juxtapoz, Beautiful Decay and Dazed & Confused.